border - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • cross: Crossing the border into Malawi, we soon reach the shores of its huge lake.
  • straddle: Left her straddling the borders of life and death.
  • transcend: Their sound is a fusion of jazz, dance, R&B, soul, ethnic and popular music that transcends traditional borders.

Adjective modifier

  • herbaceous: Up two steps to lawned area with herbaceous border.
  • decorative: They could also create a decorative border for a piece of work.
  • southern: Troubles behind, Maggie reaches Minnesota's southern border, two hours from her new home.
  • Welsh: Chester 2 County town of Cheshire, near the Welsh border.
  • Syrian: RAF planes recently were bombing Iraqis in support of the latest US attempt to " root out terrorists " close to the Syrian border.
  • northern: It has a short Atlantic coastline but its northern borders lie some 750 miles inland.

Modifies a noun

  • collie: The party was stolen by Christophe who has a new puppy - a two month old, very serious looking border collie called.. .
  • crossing: You can reach Slovenia via one of the border crossings with Italy, Austria, Hungary or Croatia.
  • guard: Ten were caught by border guards and the rest have disappeared, she said.
  • width: Waypoint dot symbols Waypoint dot symbols not displayed when track border width very small.
  • checkpoint: You had to leave your maturity, dress sense and need to keep regular hours at the various border checkpoints around here.
  • reiver: It is a pretty village, originally consisting of bastle houses designed to withstand attack by the Scots or border reivers.

Noun used with modifier

  • shrub: They are suitable for mixed, herbaceous or shrub borders, wildflower or rock gardens.
  • cross: They have taken the cross border trade by storm.
  • english-welsh: Luckilly I used to live on the English-Welsh border and so journeyed into Wales a lot.
  • flower: A cottage garden flower border runs along the front of the house.
  • county: But their use to be a time when roads varied dramatically as you crossed county borders.

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