Escorting
['ɛskɔrt]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Escort
Typist: Lucinda
Examples
- Say to him that Dator Xodar, with officers and men, escorting two prisoners, would be transported to the gardens of Issus beside the Golden Temple. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- They were strengthened into certainty when I beheld the Aged enter at a side door, escorting a lady. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Our cavalry charged in upon a body of theirs which was escorting a wagon train in order to get it past our left. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He attacked and drove away their cavalry which was escorting wagons to the west, capturing and burning 180 wagons. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
Typist: Lucinda