accost
verb (used with object)
to confront boldly.
accosts
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present tense formof accost (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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School marshals escort her and her fellow board members to their cars to ensure no one accosts them.
From Salon ● May 15, 2024
“No one accosts me in the street. No one threatens my life, and nobody shoots me,” said Miller, who is white.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2023
The coach, Saul, who’s never seen the kid before, looks on, flummoxed: Who accosts a stranger in this way?
From Washington Post ● Nov. 17, 2021
He accosts a businessman on a cellphone: “Dude, what’s up? Maxim Magazine, am I right?”
From New York Times ● Feb. 6, 2020
She accosts me at the door; she must have been watching through the window.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
