chaperon

Example Sentences

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They didn’t allow her to go out of the house without one of them as a chaperon.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 12, 2019

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

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

By mid-month, Venus and Mars appear closer by a few degrees in the west-southwestern sky after dusk and may need a cosmic chaperon to keep them apart.

From Washington Post • Dec. 31, 2016

My dad will be there as a chaperon.

From "The Misfits" by James Howe