Sentence examples for language borderline from inspiring English sources

But that naturalism is balanced with this highfalutin, poetic language – borderline Shakespeare or Synge.

Tom Shales of The Washington Post praised the pilot, assessing, "In visual style, witty language, borderline surrealism and overall mad attitude, [the series] stands on a mountaintop all its own, the best new drama of the season and perhaps the best new comedy, too".

My marks in Science and Language courses were borderline flunking, but I managed to squeak by.

Being younger or a smoker was associated with increased overreporting, while English language preference was borderline significant for overreporting (P = 0.103).

Finally, five Pakistani males with variable presentation belonged to family 4: individuals 4 1, 4 2, and 4 4 had moderate NSID, individual 4 3 was more severely affected with language impairment and borderline autistic features, and individual 4 5 had moderate ASD/ID (Table S1).

The countersuit said she clashed with co-workers, used borderline-profane language on the air and frequently complained about the network in public.

Third is the use of language such as "highly significant," "borderline significant," or "most significant," that mistakenly equates significance and effect size.

Being male, being younger, being from NZ and being from non-English language backgrounds (although only of borderline significance for those of European language backgrounds) all predicted a greater likelihood of a re-sit even after adjustment for the influence of initial UMAT percentile score.

There has long been anecdotal evidence that people with borderline personality disorder use language in certain unusual ways, but quantifying this has been hard.

When confronted with a borderline case of 'thin', a language user will neither assent to the application of the term nor to the application of its negation.

Vitamin C intake tended to be higher for those that spoke a language other than English and this was borderline significant.