A large suburban community...fringed by an industrial area.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Noun : a fringe of grass around a swimming pool. ,on the fringe of the art world. ,the lunatic fringe of a strong political party.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used with object) : armed guards fringing the building.    From Dictionary.com. 

These cookies are often served at baptisms, first communions and other fiestas wrapped in fringed tissue paper.    From Wordnik.com.  [Peanut cookies: Polvorones de cacahuate] Reference

The high canopy over the bed was draped with prim folds of damask, and the coverlet was of some quaint crocheted work that hung in fringed ends to the floor.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Miller of Old Church] Reference

A napkin fringed at either end is usually thrown over the Figaro’s shoulder and used to wipe the razor.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference

Within the Gentianaceae, taxa within the genus Gentianopsis are collectively known as the fringed gentians.    From Wordnik.com.  [Museum Blogs] Reference

Byron's eyes were gray, fringed with long black lashes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cupology How to Be Entertaining] Reference

The trail led down under cedars that fringed a precipice.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories] Reference

The water was brackish and the banks were fringed with timber.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference

She spread a fringed towel over the barren top of the dresser.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret] Reference

She held up her right arm, with the fringed sleeve falling loose.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Maid of the Whispering Hills] Reference

Bay to that interior whose fringed skirts alone had been explored.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Maid of the Whispering Hills] Reference

Her mouth was fringed by bitten-off melon lipstick, a calm kind of mad.    From Wordnik.com.  [Children are always beautiful] Reference

She also wore what looks like the same fringed dress to the show's premiere.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bristol Palin's 'Dancing With The Stars' Outfit: Imitates Sarah Palin, Dons Red Fringe (PHOTOS, POLL)] Reference

From the boulders that fringed the point came the drowsy murmur of the surf.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference

Then, the fringed scarves and damp underwear from the bathroom in plastic bags.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bailey White: 'The Green Bus'] Reference

Theo's fresh blue print also was fringed round with sea-water when she looked down at it.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Captain's Bunk A Story for Boys] Reference

It sits along a beautiful, palm-fringed coastline, and has one of India's largest seaports.    From Wordnik.com.  [A CHANGE OF ADDRESS] Reference

It is narrow, very tortuous, and fringed with a very heavy growth of timber, but it is deep.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference

Towards the north is Pepworth's Ridge, a flat-headed hill fringed at the base with mimosa bushes.    From Wordnik.com.  [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference

There were also hints in golden-hued colors, playful prints and a suede, fringed Pocahontas dress.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Twists From Vivienne Westwood] Reference

Ivy Oppel lay buoyed on mounds of pale gold satin, her head cushioned by a tiny fringed puff pillow.    From Wordnik.com.  [Petey Prickles Vs. Funeral Steve: An ALL-NEW Petey Prickles Caper!] Reference

The moonbeams showed her the crevices where the rain trickled in, and the snow fringed her coverlid.    From Wordnik.com.  [Woman on the American Frontier] Reference

It has shelving banks all fringed with willows, and thus forms an excellent natural cover for troops.    From Wordnik.com.  [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference

States, weak in everything except courage and the love of liberty, that then fringed our Atlantic seaboard.    From Wordnik.com.  [US Presidential Inaugural Addresses] Reference

The croquet-ground, which was underwater at high tide, was a long stretch of sand that fringed the shingle.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

The dream of her lonely life was opening up to her, but alas! the picture was fringed with dark surroundings.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Dock Rats of New York] Reference

Each frame is a richly toned pastiche of Victoriana, with vibrant circus posters and saffron-fringed curtains.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pixar’s New Bunny Toon] Reference

STROLL the palm-fringed Promenade des Anglais, crowded with street performers, portrait artists and palm readers.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Good Life] Reference

An embroidered scarf with fringed ends may be placed on the back of a chair or sofa in place of the old lace tidy.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources] Reference

She began her performance in a sparkly skirt suit, which she quickly tore off to reveal a red fringed mini-dress underneath.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bristol Palin's Striptease 'Dancing With The Stars' Debut (VIDEO)] Reference

When his wife, Ricky, arrived for his Thursday morning show wearing a sand-colored suede fringed jacket, it did not bode well.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fashion Week wrap-up: Fresh talent has clearly joined the ranks of the old guard] Reference

As if to illustrate the day-to-night adaptability of his looks, Mr. Lauren paired a fringed beaded skirt with a plaid work shirt.    From Wordnik.com.  [Versatility a Byword for Spring] Reference

We had a very pleasant run, and a mile from the village, Forrest stopped me where a deep pool fringed with rushes skirted the road.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Motor Pirate] Reference

She started her routine wearing a power suit to imitate her mother Sarah, which she then stripped off to reveal a red, fringed dress.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bristol Palin's 'Dancing With The Stars' Outfit: Imitates Sarah Palin, Dons Red Fringe (PHOTOS, POLL)] Reference

At noon on Saturday, Joseph Estrada was holed up in the palm-fringed oasis of Malacanang Palace, clinging to his last illusion of power.    From Wordnik.com.  [PEOPLE POWER II] Reference

A dark wall approached and he mechanically spun and began stroking into the glassy canvas of light and ocean that lay between him and the golden, tree-fringed dunes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sunset] Reference

The collection was filled with fringed leather jackets, oversize Western belts adorned with silver steer heads, doilylike lace dresses and jackets with puffed sleeves.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fashion Week wrap-up: Fresh talent has clearly joined the ranks of the old guard] Reference

(Soundbite of water flowing) QUIST-ARCTON: The expansive brown waters, fringed with white foam, rush over the giant boulders at Stanley Falls here on the Congo River in Kisangani.    From Wordnik.com.  [Congo River Pulses Life Into African Nation] Reference