border
noun
the part or edge of a surface or area that forms its outer boundary.
had been bordering
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past perfect progressiveof border.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Elise had been gay and talkative with a forced vivacity; and Lady Durwent had been bordering on hysteria.
From The Parts Men Play by Arthur Beverley Baxter
