accosts
Example Sentences
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School marshals escort her and her fellow board members to their cars to ensure no one accosts them.
From Salon • May 15, 2024
An undead crone, motion sensitive, accosts passers-by from the hedge.
From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2023
“No one accosts me in the street. No one threatens my life, and nobody shoots me,” said Miller, who is white.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 13, 2023
Emi herself yells at someone who’s inconsiderately parked his truck on a stretch of curb, and later at an older man who accosts her in the street.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2021
She accosts me at the door; she must have been watching through the window.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
