convoy
verb (used with object)
to accompany or escort, usually for protection.
convoyed
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past participleof convoy.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof convoy.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
convoyverb (used with object)to accompany or escort, usually for protection.
Example Sentences
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The pangrams from yesterday’s Spelling Bee were conveyed and convoyed.
From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2023
We convoyed over in shifts, along with other companies from their individual base camps around Mosul.
From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2018
We were 142 people that convoyed together, at minimum one mission a day/night.
From Newsweek ● Mar. 1, 2015
At 8 o'clock, six automobiles whisked through the city of Vichy, sped northeastward, convoyed by German Army motorcycles.
From Time Magazine Archive
On November 17, 1926, when White was still settling into the new job, two new inmates were convoyed up the prison’s horseshoe driveway by U.S. marshals.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
