border
noun
the part or edge of a surface or area that forms its outer boundary.
had bordered
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past perfectof border.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Ms. Hart’s earlier show, “Shells,” which she wrote with Nick Chase, involved the love life of a character named Michelle Hoffman, a self-absorbed woman whose preoccupation with one particular date she had bordered on obsession.
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2011
The brouhaha injected badly needed life in Roddick, who had bordered on lethargy to that point.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 2, 2010
Sheer humanity, the mere instinct of womankind, had obliged me to watch by Miss Darrell through the previous night: for some hours her hysterical state had bordered on frenzy.
From Uncle Max by Rosa Nouchette Carey
Away to the east stretched the swampy brush-grown country that had bordered the line of progress for many miles.
From The Auto Boys' Quest by James A. (James Andrew) Braden
The beautiful country places which had bordered the road near Philadelphia gave way to pleasant villages, and these in turn were succeeded by thick woods whose pure clean beauty elicited exclamations of delight.
From Peggy Owen and Liberty by Lucy Foster Madison
