Black-bordered handkerchief. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Noun : You cannot cross the border without a visa. ,a border of tulips along the path. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used without object) : California borders on the Pacific Ocean. ,The situation borders on tragedy. From Dictionary.com.
Nipping back from Margey's at this good hour, I cut down one of the Out of Bounds roads that bordered a kampong. From Wordnik.com. [A Rude Awakening]
Nadurovina was visibly concerned, and Tse's expression bordered on the frantic; but Rothenburg saw and understood. From Wordnik.com. [Dirge]
His expression bordered on orgasmic. From Wordnik.com. [A Breath Away]
Wolf’s hard, cynical expression bordered on incredulous. From Wordnik.com. [Hollywood Husband Contract Wife]
"Nadurovina was visibly concerned, and Tse's expression bordered on the frantic; but Rothenburg saw and understood. From Wordnik.com. [Dirge]
Sahara Ave. is bordered its entire length by malls. From Wordnik.com. [The Other Side Of The Opening] Reference
The laughter of the audience bordered on outright cruelty. From Wordnik.com. [When will Bollywood offer a realistic portrayal of relationships?] Reference
The pillowcases in that family are all bordered with scorch. From Wordnik.com. [In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson is Buried] Reference
Willow trees, tall marsh grass and brambles bordered the pond. From Wordnik.com. [SOMETIMES] Reference
And at Foxwoods last week, the event bordered on the grotesque. From Wordnik.com. [Gambling On A Career? Say It Ain't So, Luciano.] Reference
We bordered on the edge of inappropriate as we giggled together. From Wordnik.com. [Ready for Takeoff] Reference
The climb had been arduous the first time, now it bordered on cruel. From Wordnik.com. [Their Next] Reference
He compensated for this with a diligence that bordered on the insane. From Wordnik.com. [Henry Ground] Reference
The public attempts at self-justification, however, bordered on farce. From Wordnik.com. [The Nanny Spin Wars] Reference
It's a gold heart bordered with sapphires and it takes my breath away. From Wordnik.com. [THAT KIND OF LOVE] Reference
Sisters in the well recognized blue-bordered white saris go about their work. From Wordnik.com. [Pointing Fingers At Mother Teresa's Heirs] Reference
I was on a roof bordered by a short stone wall with another of my scout teams. From Wordnik.com. [As U.S. troops leave Iraq, an officer honors the memory of a young interpreter] Reference
His accomplishments in domestic affairs, in the end, bordered on the negligible. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise And Fall And Rise And Fall And Rise Of N] Reference
Soon we exited onto a massive limestone colonnade bordered by rectangular pylons. From Wordnik.com. [A Chance to Honor Our Best Ambassadors] Reference
A Nike commercial featuring his late father's disembodied voice bordered on macabre. From Wordnik.com. [The Unsettling Sight of a Tiger Tamed] Reference
Axelrod's style "bordered on outrageous," says Heath, now a judge in northeast Indiana. From Wordnik.com. [Shivs You Can Believe In] Reference
The sun cut through the pines and elms that bordered the little farm at a low angle. From Wordnik.com. [BEFORE WINTER] Reference
Giuliani's loyalty to his last police commissioner, Bernard Kerik, bordered on the blind. From Wordnik.com. [Growing Up Giuliani] Reference
They sat on the floor or the stairs that bordered the living room, watching, quietly anxious. From Wordnik.com. [The Color of Silence is Radium Green] Reference
The black lines next to his name in her address book are still bordered by empty white space. From Wordnik.com. [The Exhibit] Reference
And we walk down the hill into this big, big pasture field meadow, and its bordered by a river. From Wordnik.com. [What's in a Song? 'Twilight'] Reference
Large pines bordered their property, and Gert hurried her steps until their house came into view. From Wordnik.com. [Goodnight Dogs] Reference
Whatever trees bordered it have long since been removed for successive widening of the concrete roadway. From Wordnik.com. [Henry J. Stern: Death Be Not Proud] Reference
Jeremy GormanWilmington, VermontThough Fareed Zakaria's piece was well written, its ideas bordered on cliché. From Wordnik.com. [A Winnable War?] Reference
They neared the edge of the Grove, where it bordered the open campus, and Vance said, “Slow ... down ....”. From Wordnik.com. [I Am Charlotte Simmons] Reference
It had something of a democratic inheritance; the Mediterranean bordered this country and brought it its gifts. From Wordnik.com. [The Cop on the Banks of the Nile] Reference
Singapore by taxi on roads bordered by beautiful, lush landscaping and rarely encumbered with too much traffic. From Wordnik.com. [Road Warrior] Reference
We walk through the mist to a party on the far side of the parish, along lanes bordered by bracken and blackberries. From Wordnik.com. [Country diary] Reference
Housed in the elegant Palace Savarin, the museum is bordered on one side by a McDonald's and on the other by a casino. From Wordnik.com. [A Tribute To Barren Shops] Reference
Most of it is highway, some of it is twisty two lane, some an annoying bunch of traffic lights bordered by strip malls. From Wordnik.com. [Suzuki SX4--A small car grows on me] Reference
Visitors are accompanied by an armed escort along a road bordered by barbed wire through a desert landscape to the river. From Wordnik.com. [Pollution fears at river Jordan pilgrimage spot] Reference
The holes created by their mandibles either side of the leaf vein are bordered by scar tissue, producing an unmistakable dumb-bell shape. From Wordnik.com. ['Zombie ants' controlled by parasitic fungus for 48m years] Reference
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