chaperon

Example Sentences

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A few hours earlier, he found himself distracted by a fast-approaching appointment to chaperon his teenage son to his driver’s license test.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2023

The three girls aged 13, 10, and 9 arrived early in the morning Thursday, were detained and barred entry into the country along with their cousin chaperon who immigration authorities deemed “inadmissible.”

From Slate • Jul. 19, 2019

Lubin positioned himself as the grownup in the room, the worldly chaperon.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 15, 2018

At the outset, the company plans on offering fully autonomous rides, with a Waymo employee in the car only as a chaperon.

From The Verge • Aug. 21, 2018

They had said all along that when I was eighteen and going to college, I could go out with boys, and then only in the company of a chaperon.

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals