chaperon

Example Sentences

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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

Any children Mike Pence had with Greta Garbo would want to be left alone, but with a chaperon.

From Washington Post • Apr. 27, 2017

Since both the crate and the cushion were very narrow, we were sitting quite close, leaning against two other crates; Mouschi kept us company, so we weren’t without a chaperon.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank