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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a fringe of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a border or edge of something, often referring to a small or marginal part of a larger whole.
Example: "The garden was adorned with a fringe of colorful flowers along the pathway."
Alternatives: "a border of" or "an edge of".
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To brush through a fringe of leaves.
They show a fringe of silhouetted city under cloudy skies.
The edges of a hummingbird's tongue are lined with lamellae, a fringe of hairlike fleshy extensions.
And I could still feel a fringe of hair on my neck, which was reassuring.
A fringe of pacifist rejection would have been heard in the hall.
"Islam, like most faiths, has a fringe of radicals who carry on bloodshed wherever they are.
He is tall and lanky, with a fringe of gray hair and a prominent forehead.
The waves were depositing a fringe of soiled yellow foam along the waterline.
Fed up, the kid gets stroppy and petulantly roosts the ball into a fringe of scrub.
He is ninety-eight, with a fringe of white hair, orbed hazel eyes, and a sketched-in mustache.
Borsato, who is fifty, has a fringe of white hair and the shoulders of a rugby fullback.
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