Bordered

Examples

• Any enjoyment that bordered on riot seemed to approach me to her and her vices, and I eschewed it. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• This man, however, was leaning against the railings which bordered our field and was looking earnestly up. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• The arts of Greece, imported long before, had been developed into magnificence that bordered on vulgarity. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Of pride, indeed, there was, perhaps, scarcely enough; his indifference to a confusion of rank, bordered too much on inelegance of mind. Jane Austen. Emma.
• But Madame Olenska, heedless of tradition, was attired in a long robe of red velvet bordered about the chin and down the front with glossy black fur. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Dr. Bain, I know, believed that my symptoms bordered on a decline and he wished me to try Italy. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Cautiously along the path that was bordered by fragments of crockery set in ashes, the two stole after him. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• But in avoiding the sensational, I fear that you may have bordered on the trivial. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• They showed upon the dusky scene that they bordered as distinctly as white lace on velvet. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The road was smooth, it was bordered by trees, fields, and grassy meadows, and the soft air was filled with the odor of flowers. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The walls of stately date-palms that fenced the gardens and bordered the way, threw their shadows down and made the air cool and bracing. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Emma could not like what bordered on a reflection on Mr. Weston, and had half a mind to take it up; but she struggled, and let it pass. Jane Austen. Emma.
• That night--instead of crying myself asleep--I went down to dreamland by a pathway bordered with pleasant thoughts. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• On the other hand, grebes and coots are eminently aquatic, although their toes are only bordered by membrane. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.

Edited by Denny