In other cases, it vergestoward esteem; as, "I know him to be of worth and worthy estimation.
To tend downward; to bend; to slope; as, a hillverges to the north.
The pun is the clown among jokes, the well turned paradox is the polished comedian, and the highest comedyverges upon tragedy, just as the keenest edge of tragedy is often tempered by a subtle humour.
The Sabbath mind was very much in evidence, and the Sabbath mind verges on imbecility.
A frantic crowd was beating the bushes about the margin of the lake and the verges of the almost impenetrable cane-brake.
Vernon, the Dogberry of Edward Righton, and the Verges of G.
Dogberry andVerges are inimitable, and Benedick is everywhere acceptable; but still if Shakespeare had only given us a little more of this not least charming of his charming heroines!
Her mode of life verges on the 'sentimental,' and her peculiar forte is entrapping the affections of 'young bloods.
Dryden thought that he had stated the atheistic objections more powerfully than he had answered them; and his doctrine of plastic force in nature verges upon Pantheism, as indeed religious philosophies usually do.
Even when there is not a lyric element the dramatic element is only suggested, and in the sublimest monologues often vergestowards the epic.
The interpretation of such a poem is difficult because it verges so close upon the imitative that readers are apt to lose the spirit and intention of the author.
Where the wind comes from purple windflowers sway on the swelling verges of pools, naked girls grab hands and whirl fling heads back stamp crimson feet.
Where the wind comes from scarlet windflowers sway on rippling verges of pools, sound of girls dancing thud of vermillion feet.
Another is the Chateaugay Railroad, which has a circuitous route around the northern and eastern verges of the wilderness, from the Chateaugay and Chazy Lakes, where are the ore beds in a dismal region.
Washing the eastern verges of the Adirondacks, the bold ranges give it the rare beauties of scenery always presented by a mountain lake.
Goodman Verges sir speakes a little of the matter, an old man sir, and his wits are not so blunt, as God helpe I would desire they were, but infaith honest as the skin betweene his browes Head.
For so it will render the Object distinct, the Plate in which 'tis made intercepting all the erroneous part of the Light which comes from the verges of the Speculum AB.
But yet the violet being obliquest will be something more dilated, in proportion to its extent, than the other Colours, and so very apt to appear at the exterior Verges of the white.
We crossed, in the afternoon, the last and steepest spur of this chain, winding around rough and stony precipices, and along the extreme verges of tremendous ravines, so dangerous looking that we were compelled to dismount and lead our horses.
This precipitate verges on crimson, if the salt contains an excess of acid.
In a third species of white cast iron we observe still much lustre, but its colour verges upon gray, and its texture is variable.
Its diameter is about an inch and a half; its stem is dense, brittle, and of a green hue, which verges to yellow at the approach of maturity.
Again, as sometimes before, Dion trod on the verges of mystery, felt as if something in Rosamund chided him, and was chilled for a moment.
His was a fossil face, the serious cast of which was counteracted by that wrinkled mobility of the polyglot which verges on grimace.
It is true there is no study more difficult nor more obscure; it verges on empiricism, just as astronomy verges on astrology; and yet without this study there is no navigation.
T is Hope resurges, Struggling through obstruction-- Forces a poor smile whichverges On Joy's introduction.
The tone of flattery which St. Jerome himself, though doubtless with the purest motives, employs in his copious correspondence with his female admirers, is to a modern layman peculiarly repulsive, and sometimes verges upon blasphemy.
This is characterized by a simple dignity of phrase, which to a modern taste almost verges upon baldness, by a crystalline transparency of diction, and by an absolute fidelity to the original conception of the epigram.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "verges" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
