Accosted

Examples

• By-and-by, he again accosted me. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Next day he was looking out for her, and accosted her the moment she appeared. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• That whole day he never accosted me. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• They accosted me as Satan, bid me avaunt, and clamoured to be delivered from temptation. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• And beside him, white with rage or fear, or both, were the scowling features of the man who had accosted him in the inn-yard. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• How I managed it, or what possessed me, he, for his part, did not know; but with whatever pacific and amicable intentions a person accosted me--crac! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I walked up to the man at once, and accosted him in those words. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• One of them instantly arose and accosted me, asking the nature of my business. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• He was accosted by one of his students with the question, Look here, Professor, don’t you think it would be much more convenient to carry a watch? Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• When we accosted him, his manner was something more confused, and something less genteel, than of yore. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• He arose and opened it, and an agreeable voice accosted him with 'How do you do, Mr Clennam? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• He was perfectly self-possessed; he accosted us both with courtesy, seemed immediately to enter into our feelings, and to make one with us. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• We hastened along the lane, and passed the person who had accosted me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• He met him, and accosted him in so winning a manner, that he first obliged him to hearken to his discourse. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• His name first became known to me about a week before we sailed, through my being accosted by one of the ship-agent's clerks as “Mr Radfoot. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.

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