Escorted

Examples

• My knowledge of their customs lent colour to the belief that he was but being escorted to the audience chamber to have sentence passed upon him. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• He was escorted into the city with great pomp and ceremony. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Whom Defarge escorted to the top of the stairs, and, leaving seated there, returned. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• I was escorted as far as Bethlehem, where I rested a few days to recover from the fatigue I had undergone. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Mr. March proudly escorted Mrs. Laurence. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• The escorted governed his own horse, but a loose line was attached to his bridle, the end of which one of the patriots kept girded round his wrist. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Besides them, there was but one other passenger--a young lady, whom a gentlemanly, though languid-looking man escorted. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• To my indescribable surprise, they were escorted, not by Mr. Godfrey (as I had anticipated), but by the lawyer, Mr. Bruff. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I came in by train this morning, and on inquiring at Paddington as to where I might find a doctor, a worthy fellow very kindly escorted me here. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Then he delivered to the escort, drunk and sober, a receipt for the escorted, and requested him to dismount. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• He left escort and escorted without saying a word, however, and went into the guard-room; meanwhile, they sat upon their horses outside the gate. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The officer went through by way of Snicker's Gap, escorted by some cavalry. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• With these words, the old gentleman gave his hand to Mrs. Maylie, and escorted her into the supper-room. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• He therefore escorted me immediately to the apartment in which Than Kosis then was. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Her husband escorted her to the cab. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The Lady Rowena is desirous to return to Rotherwood, and must be escorted by a sufficient force. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• As Mr. Pickwick spoke, the ladies, gallantly escorted by Messrs. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.

Edited by Adela