Sentence examples for bordering on hostile from inspiring English sources

But whoever occupies the White House next year will probably find that public opinion in Greenland is skeptical, bordering on hostile, to the idea.

"The atmosphere in most casino poker games is frosty, bordering on hostile, which can be a real turn-off for many women," says Conrad Brunner from PokerStars.com, one of the UK's largest online poker companies.

Reaction from Okinawan politicians to Mr Hatoyama bordered on hostile.

The mood of previous Gate D crowds — captured on video clips posted on YouTube — sometimes bordered on hostile, not unlike the spirit of infamously aggressive European soccer hooligans.

Their rebellious intent was signified by their logo – a b-boy in the centre of a sniper's crosshair – and musically, the production by their in-house crew the Bomb Squad was rowdy, accompanied by lyrics that bordered on hostile.

But their reception, never very enthusiastic, has been bordering on the hostile in the last year.

McCain's 2008 persona is dour bordering on nasty, and his weirdly hostile interview with Time magazine shows he's not exactly putting a premium on being charming with the press.

A few weeks ago the former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis described the position of his Slovenian counterpart Dušan Mramor during the Greek crisis last year as surprisingly hostile, almost bordering on the comical.

Receptivity to becoming the hub of the wheel connecting all spokes establishes a sense of deservability/entitlement. If poorly managed, actions border on hostile and confrontational.

Bordering on?

We are bordering on insanity".