verge in English

noun

1

an edge or border.

they came down to the verge of the lake

synonyms: edge, border, margin, side, brink, rim, lip, fringe, boundary, perimeter, outskirts, skirt

2

a wand or rod carried before a bishop or dean as an emblem of office.

‘I will carry on looking after the verges until they (the council) shoot me,’ he said.

verb

1

approach (something) closely; be close or similar to (something).

despair verging on the suicidal

synonyms: approach, border on, come close/near to, be tantamount to, tend toward, approximate to, resemble

2

incline in a certain direction or toward a particular state.

his style verged into the art nouveau school

noun

edge, border, margin, side, brink, rim, lip, fringe, boundary, perimeter, outskirts, skirt
brink, threshold, edge, point
threshold, brink
scepter, wand
brink

verb

approach
approach, border on, come close/near to, be tantamount to, tend toward, approximate to, resemble

Use "verge" in a sentence

1. He was on the verge of tears.

2. Carole was on the verge of tears.

3. I was on the verge of accepting.

4. Heavy lorries have damaged the grass verge.

5. The company is on the verge of bankruptcy.

6. The tycoon is on the verge of bankruptcy.

7. An aerial thrust up from the grass verge.

8. I was on the verge of giving up.

9. She was on the verge of nervous collapse.

10. The breed was on the verge of extinction.

11. His voice trembled, on the verge of tears.

12. She was babbling, on the verge of hysteria.

13. Her misery brought her to the verge of tears.

14. Many of them are on the verge of bankruptcy.

15. Behind me, a shelter on the verge of destruction.

16. You overworked your pen to the verge of toplessness.

17. She was on the verge of bursting into tears.

18. Many companies are on the edge/brink/verge of ruin.

19. She was babbling(Sentencedict.com), on the verge of hysteria.

20. The peace talks were on the verge of collapse.

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22. 2 She was on the verge of nervous collapse.

23. These animals are now on the verge of extinction.

24. The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.

25. They set up camp on the verge of the desert.

26. He's " old guy on the verge of a aneurysm " mad.

27. 15 The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.

28. Most of the audience was on the verge of tears.

29. The country was on the verge of becoming prosperous and successful.

30. America is on the verge of a second green revolution.

31. 20 Your eccentricity and conceit touch the verge of frenzy.

32. 20 Many companies are on the edge/brink/verge of ruin.

33. A stiff-necked, riotous people always on the verge of rebellion.

34. He said he was on the verge of an evolutionary breakthrough.

35. These measures brought the republic to the verge of economic collapse.

36. She was on the verge of tears, relieved yet unbelievably desolate.

37. I'm sad that Julie'smarriage is on the verge of splitting up.

38. Other stories are that everything is on the verge of unraveling.

39. This action brought the country to the verge of economic collapse.

40. That the Government is on the verge of bankruptcy is beyond debate .

41. Beauty on the verge of surrender, and thus all the more beautiful.

42. Her eyelids drooped as if she were on the verge of sleep.

43. Her parents are rumoured to be on the verge of splitting up.

44. I promise you, this deal is on the verge of falling apart.

45. We parked on the grass verge by the side of the road.

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47. 27 These events left her on the verge of having a nervous breakdown.

48. In other words, our western neighbour is on the verge of abyss.

49. 29 These measures brought the republic to the verge of economic collapse.

50. Some had died and many others were on the verge of death.