How to Use border on in a Sentence

border on

phrasal verb

• Their movement was sensual but assertive, bordering on violent, flitting between slow body rolls and athletic thrusts.
  — Coralie Kraft, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2024
• The interior is spartan bordering on austere, a cost saving trend featured most prominently in the Model 3 refresh.
  — Brooke Crothers, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
• One of the blockades was close to the Dutch border on the E19 highway, media said.
  — Fox News, 30 Jan. 2024
• In a world that borders on sci-fi, Horowitz is a decisive guide.
  — Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 26 June 2024
• Some of the shots, especially toward the end, even border on black and white.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Sep. 2023
• The other sedans and the Turbo wagon bordered on being fun, which is not to damn them with faint praise . . .
  — William Jeanes, Car and Driver, 27 June 2023
• This Kravitz is a little funkier, even bordering on the New Wave.
  — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 8 May 2024
• Second, the masking tape Morford used as a border on the panels.
  — Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 14 June 2023
• Poblanos boast a dark green color, bordering on brown or black.
  — Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2024
• The school itself is a large open courtyard bordered on all sides by 12-foot-high concrete walls topped with barbed wire.
  — Matt Rivers, ABC News, 31 July 2023
• That number is way above league average and borders on must-play.
  — Jack Magruder, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
• The facility is bordered on the southwest by Imikpuk Lake, one of the two local potable water sources.
  — Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Sep. 2023
• The meals were all lightly seasoned, bordering on bland.
  — Clarissa Wei, Bon Appétit, 16 Sep. 2024
• Using a small knife, create a border on each pastry sheet by scoring ½ inch from edges.
  — Emily Nabors Hall, Southern Living, 4 Nov. 2023
• The body of the snake is medium brown, slightly lighter toward the head, with black borders on the individual scales, photos from the study show.
  — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2024
• For the show’s New York scenes, her costumes emphasize dark and deep colors, bordering on black.
  — Matthew Chernov, Variety, 6 June 2023
• For Thomas Rhett, pulling for Georgia has bordered on religion.
  — Sid Evans, Southern Living, 8 Aug. 2023
• But there was a problem: The homicide detectives chasing the lead were bordering on mutiny.
  — Gus Garcia-Roberts, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2023
• Geometric shapes resembling a kente form a lengthy border on one side.
  — USA Today, 26 June 2023
• Mia was attending the Nova rave in the desert near the Gaza border on Oct. 7 when Hamas fighters staged their surprise cross-border attack.
  — Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Nov. 2023
• Men in their teens and early 20s who paved the way for the ground invasion of Europe by Allied forces through missions that bordered on the suicidal.
  — Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2024
• Spread filling evenly over one of the prepared piecrust rectangles, leaving a 1-inch border on all sides. 4.
  — People Staff, Peoplemag, 20 June 2023
• At 26 years old, Stowers is bordering on no longer being considered a prospect at this point.
  — Matt Weyrich, Baltimore Sun, 23 July 2024
• The human body is full of marvels, some even bordering on miraculous.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 10 Sep. 2024
• Add to that the fact that Clarke’s ideas about cleaning are meticulous, bordering on obsessive.
  — Lawrence Specker | [e-mail], al, 27 July 2023
• In all the little towns and villages, the sense of adoration for the 200 or so returning World War II veterans bordered on mania.
  — Catherine Porter, New York Times, 11 June 2024
• But in a sea of ugly tri suits, this one is actually bordering on being cute.
  — R29 Team, refinery29.com, 2 Sep. 2024
• The sillage bordered on overwhelming, particularly on humid days when the scent clung to the wet air.
  — Lily Stewart, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 May 2024
• After 13 days in captivity, the pair were greeted at the Gaza border on Friday by Israeli Brig.
  — Keir Simmons, NBC News, 21 Oct. 2023
• The book’s tone is light and irreverent, sometimes bordering on shticky.
  — Nicholas Cannariato, Washington Post, 13 June 2023

Last Updated: 9 Nov 2024