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Meanings of border on despair in English

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Usage of border on despair in English
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Peter Blood went off in a state of mind bordering on despair.
Captain Blood
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He returned to the camp in a frame of mind bordering on despair.
The Great Salt Lake Trail
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She felt the absence of the Baelrath with an intensity that bordered on despair.
The darkest road
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He reached Villa d'Este in a condition of profound depression, almost bordering on despair.
The Woman with the Fan
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Still Max did not allow himself to show signs of anything bordering on despair.
Afloat on the Flood
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At the close of the tenth century there was great suffering in Europe, bordering on despair.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 3 part 1: The Middle Ages
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The archduchess was pale as death, and her countenance wore an expression of grief bordering on despair.
Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel
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He fell into a state bordering on despair, tore his hair, gnashed his teeth, and wept bitterly.
Beauty and the Beast, and Tales of Home
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There was total depression, bordering on despair.
The Irish Times
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From the king's castle to the poorest slum in Seven Dials there was a temper bordering on despair.
No Defense, Volume 2.
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The temporary excitement caused among the colonists by their return soon gave place to a dejection bordering on despair.
France and England in North America, Part III: The Discovery of ...
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He was assailed, too, with violent temptations of the flesh, which reduced him to a state bordering on despair.
History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the Frenc...
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He slunk away through the trees like a beaten dog; and I went home in a state bordering on despair.
The Lock and Key Library: The most interesting stories of all na...
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He was still writing and arguing about it - with a growing impatience which sometimes bordered on despair - until his last weeks.
The Guardian
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Living at home, bordering on despair, and not wanting to ring the job centre or rely on anyone but myself for my own welfare.
The Guardian
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"Trust me?" she said, in a tone which bordered on despair, but which he mistook for derision.
Victory: An Island Tale