Sentence examples for bordered on obstinacy from inspiring English sources

He was clearly exceptionally talented and possessed a vision for his music that bordered on obstinacy: not only had he produced, arranged, performed every instrument and composed all but one song on his 1978 debut album For You, he had also somehow contrived to get a record contract with Warner Brothers that entitled him to complete artistic control, almost unheard of for a new artist.

"Richard bordered on that.

It bordered on masochism.

Some bordered on the absurd.

Some bordered on the gruesome.

His inquisitiveness bordered on rudeness.

Playoff ratings bordered on the astonishing.

The article's tone bordered on gloating.

His performance bordered on the pitiless.

At times, his wariness bordered on superstition.

Sometimes their methods have bordered on draconian.