1.   He is industrious bordering on workaholic.

2.   The D.H. Lawrence innuendoes are bursting out everywhere, and the dialect is rustic bordering on ridiculous.

3.   The effect was opulent bordering on brazen.

4.   The decor is old-fashioned bordering on fusty, with mirrors, portraits and brocade-covered furniture.

5.   Official Bosnian reaction in Sarajevo was indifferent bordering on hostile.