accosted
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In ’51, the Modern bought a painting of his — something like “Death Accosted by Masks.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2022
Accosted by a phantom, with wings folded pensively, plumes interlocked across its chest, he off head; and stood obsequiously before it.
From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I by Melville, Herman
The friendly Host, whose social hand Accosted strangers at the door, Has left at length his wonted stand, And greets the weary guest no more.
From The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) by Freneau, Philip
So they, with tears and gentle terms the King Accosted, but no gentle answer heard.
From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by Cowper, William
It was the time of council, when the throng965 At Priam's gate assembled, young and old: Them, standing nigh, the messenger of heaven Accosted with the voice of Priam's son, Polites.
From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by Cowper, William
