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At another point he asks, in a tone that also verges on plaintiveness, 'I'm trying to conserve my voice. Please understand. '

Her passion for the pets verges on morbidity . She treats them better than she does her husband .

iron will to win and confidence that verges on arrogance, bret believes that given his past achievements, the pure Tour will be a cake walk.

Such a remark verges on impertinence.

Normally, I would welcome greater openness in government for officials or politicians but this type of exposure verges on the reckless.

This coalition soon gained the upper hand and began a process that now verges on success.

With the 2012 Presidential election looming, the idea of springing any new taxes on the American public verges on heresy.

Her strange behaviour sometimes verges on madness .

Finding a wine to match both these disparate dishes verges on the impossible.

The bottom of our garden verges on the park.

Now, Aesop clearly verges on 'determinism' here.

Her land verges on the neighboring township .

His manner verges on impoliteness .

The pace sometimes verges on the frenetic.

In Thailand it verges on the impossible.

To most Germans the idea verges on the ridiculous.

My method of argument verges on the absurd .

This is clearly designed to thwart fleeing members and verges on the deceitful.

In addition, the style of some Black novels, like Jean Toomer's Cane, verges on expression_rism or surrealism;