accost
verb (used with object)
to confront boldly.
had accosted
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past perfectof accost.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The Infowars impresario and his camera crew had accosted a man escorting three Latino children and their mothers to a Catholic Charities relief center in McAllen, Texas, on the border with Mexico.
From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2021
A man in a brown suit had accosted him and demanded some proof of his identity.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 4, 2019
After complaints by local paparazzi that Bieber's bodyguards had accosted them, Rio police said they would look into the incident and determine whether Bieber had broken Brazilian laws against the destruction of property.
From Reuters ● Nov. 6, 2013
His accuser is a 32-year-old originally from Guinea in west Africa who reportedly told authorities that Mr Strauss-Kahn had accosted her after she entered his hotel room to clean it.
From BBC ● May 21, 2011
The very man who had accosted him in the West Oakland station raised his hand to Moss, and he lifted his chin quickly, a silent hello.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
