Translations for „verge on“ in the English » Polish Dictionary

verge on VB trans

to verge on sth

graniczyć z czymś

Usage examples with verge on

to verge on sth

graniczyć z czymś

to be on the verge of sth

być bliskim czegoś

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The early novels verge on steampunk, and as the series develops, may eventually grow into more of that genre.

en.wikipedia.org

Realism is all very well but when storylines verge on the nasty and gratuitous, a writer should take care.

www.telegraph.co.uk

As the band progressed, they began playing faster and faster, eventually developing a blur-type sound that could verge on experimental noise.

en.wikipedia.org

This industry is a joke, and these behaviours verge on corruption.

blogs.abc.net.au

The dialogue feels carefully scripted so as not to verge on sheer objectification.

business.financialpost.com

The colour is what makes this great - in a less arresting hue it might verge on boring.

www.stuff.co.nz

What we don't get is respect -- and it can verge on bullying.

www.mirror.co.uk

In my opinion, proceeding with this application, would verge on negligence.

news.bbc.co.uk

Many species have become locally rare and others verge on extinction due to their capture for shark-fin soup.

sfbay.ca

So partisan at times as to verge on caricature.

business.financialpost.com