escort
noun
a group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy.
escorted
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past participleof escort.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 escort.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
escortnouna group of persons, or a single person, accompanying another or others for protection, guidance, or courtesy.
Example Sentences
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Others were rounded up by Spanish forces and escorted to the border.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
It mattered little that, by then, most of the migrants who reached Ceuta had returned to Morocco, escorted to the border by Spanish troops.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
In June this year, Serbian peacekeepers returning from Lebanon escorted the bird to Palic Zoo.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
On Wednesday night, Lai was put through his paces when he was escorted in an armoured vehicle convoy from the Presidential Office to a secure command centre in a simulated evacuation.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
The same secretary who escorted Elsie and me to our seats on Welcome Day is seated behind it.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
