Example Sentences

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It was bordering on farcical before he almost holed the 50ft return shot.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2025

But Brunner's lawyer, a public defender, argues his client was, as a criminal, incompetent: "The sophistication level was bordering on the juvenile."

From Salon • Nov. 17, 2022

And my blood work was bordering on pre-diabetic.

From Fox News • Feb. 15, 2020

Shanahan was bordering on cruelty by not trusting his eyes.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 7, 2013

I was mightily relieved that she hadn’t won; she was bordering on unbearable as it was.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly