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bordering

noun B2
  1. A pattern or ornament forming a border.

Plural borderings

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“My beauty you had early withstood, and as for my manners--my behaviour to _you_ was at least always bordering on the uncivil, and I never spoke to you without rather wishing to give you pain than not.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 361 · B2
The result was that he came straight away in a state bordering on frenzy, and has remained in the same state, kneeling at the end of her bed, until this morning death put an end to her sufferings.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 126 · C1
And, if I may mention so delicate a subject, endeavour to check that little something, bordering on conceit and impertinence, which your lady possesses.”
Pride and Prejudice, p. 57 · B2
Georgiana had the highest opinion in the world of Elizabeth; though at first she often listened with an astonishment bordering on alarm at her lively, sportive manner of talking to her brother.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 370 · B2

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