have accosted
- present perfect of accost.
Example Sentences
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If I had stayed at my camp, I might have accosted him on neutral ground, without his gun, and with his mind unpoisoned by any of Jim's hysterical imaginings.
From Such Is Life by Furphy, Joseph
He met one of his favorite daughters By an Evangelical Meeting: And forgetting himself for joy at her sight, He would have accosted her outright, And given her a fatherly greeting.
From The Book of Humorous Verse by Wells, Carolyn
Countess Love doesn't hide itself, sir, and you have accosted me in a manner that convinces me you have a great deal for Arabella.
From The Double Widowing by Morlock, Frank J.
"Ac-vance, friend, and give de countersign," responded the literal soldier, who at such a tune would have accosted: a spirit of light or goblin damned with no other formula.
From Army Life in a Black Regiment by Higginson, Thomas Wentworth
"Ac-vance, friend, and give de countersign," responded the literal soldier, who at such a time would have accosted a spirit of light or goblin damned with no other formula.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864 by Various
