How to Use borderline in a Sentence

borderline

adjective

• In borderline cases like these, the best course of action is difficult to determine.
• As a borderline diabetic, Lara is able to control her blood sugar levels solely through diet.
• Some pass over a sure Famer to give that 10th vote to a borderline guy.
  — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 22 Jan. 2020
• The Tigers need him to be a borderline impact player, at the least.
  — Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 4 Feb. 2020
• The 3-2 pitch, a high fastball, was borderline but called a ball, forcing in the lead run.
  — La Velle E. Neal Iii, Star Tribune, 30 Sep. 2020
• Run-DMC was a shock wave, a hip-hop group that crossed over to the mainstream with a borderline punk sound.
  — Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2022
• So, Cameroon couldn’t believe it when VAR jumped in again with a borderline call to take away the goal.
  — Andrew Joseph, For The Win, 23 June 2019
• Jeff Kent hasn’t cracked 20% of the vote despite six years on the ballot and is borderline at best.
  — Jon Tayler, SI.com, 19 July 2019
• Meanwhile, xFIP pegs the Cubs’ bullpen as a borderline top-10 unit, not an elite top-5.
  — Skip Snow, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire, 16 Sep. 2019
• Boston has a borderline star in Jaylen Brown and four first-round picks.
  — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 28 June 2021
• On paper, with the kitchen in mind, the whole concept is borderline ridiculous.
  — Alex Delany, Bon Appétit, 7 Nov. 2019
• That’s something a borderline PSU, or one that’s been driven hard, might not be up to, Asus said.
  — Gordon Mah Ung, PCWorld, 2 Sep. 2020
• Viola is not the first to protest the software's borderline calls.
  — Jacob Bogage, courant.com, 16 July 2019
• Viola is not the first to protest the software’s borderline calls.
  — Jacob Bogage, Twin Cities, 16 July 2019
• But too many balls got past him, too many borderline pitches were called balls.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2019
• Trump sometimes tries to reduce his tax bills in borderline ways that may or may not be kosher.
  — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 2 Oct. 2020
• And foods that cooked over longer periods of time were borderline dry.
  — Hartford Courant, courant.com, 11 July 2018
• The Sox were left filling holes in their rotation with borderline big leaguers not up to the task.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Feb. 2021
• Yet the result is its own one-of-a-kind thing: lush, textured, inscrutable, borderline eerie.
  — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2019
• That kind of usage is borderline elite at the tight end position.
  — Frank Stampfl, The Denver Post, 3 Dec. 2019
• In their place, the Rams sent out their two rookies along with tight end Kendall Blanton, a borderline third-stringer when the season began.
  — Barry Wilner, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Feb. 2022
• Carson Kelly had been rung up on a borderline pitch, and Lovullo began yelling from the dugout.
  — Nick Piecoro, azcentral, 30 June 2019
• Chychrun has been borderline elite on both sides of the puck, and Goligoski has had a resurgent season by all accounts.
  — Richard Morin, azcentral, 1 Dec. 2019
• But borderline pitch calls and a fifth inning that began with a walk and a balk ruined Skaggs’ chances at a clean line.
  — Maria Torres, latimes.com, 29 June 2019
• There, the actors aboard brooms appeared crisper and borderline 3-D. Or maybe that was the butterbeer talking.
  — Dewayne Bevil, OrlandoSentinel.com, 13 June 2018
• Reggie Miller is borderline, and Lisa Leslie, looking regal in a white wig, has even more presence than Shaq does.
  — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2018
• Tom Murphy struck out on four pitches and Dylan Moore was called out looking on a borderline 3-2 pitch.
  — Tim Booth, ajc, 2 Oct. 2021
• Waiting for a fresh, wet manicure to set is borderline painful.
  — Taylore Glynn, Marie Claire, 10 Feb. 2020
• All of this unfolds with prose that is borderline stilted and with major and minor plot turns that make little sense.
  — Richard Lipez, Dallas News, 26 Aug. 2019
• Some of the promotions, offered at a loss in order to build a customer base, are borderline absurd.
  — Christopher Smith, al, 13 Mar. 2020

Last Updated: 28 May 2024