Sentence examples for verging on hostility from inspiring English sources

Audiences seem indifferent, and the critics are verging on hostility.

"I had seen interviews before where she seemed free-spirited and fun and lively, and that was sort of what I was expecting, and for whatever reason, the mood I got from her right from the start was uninterested at best, verging on hostility," Whitty told HuffPost.

A11 European leaders, whose countries are major financial donors to the Palestinian Authority, registered disquiet verging on hostility toward Hamas's triumph.

This one verged on hostility, setting the stage for what could be the biggest and most bruising takeover battle in banking's history.The contest involves numerous institutions, all betting astronomical amounts for a Dutch institution with offices in 53 countries that has never quite managed to piece its sprawling network together.

With an insistence that verges on hostility, he repeats that Tocqueville, despite a "craving" to seem original, was not.

It was verging on rare.

"O.K.," Loria said, verging on impatient.

ATMOSPHERE -- Verging on futuristic.

Verging on being OK.

Verging on inedible.

Or was it verging on harassment?