convoy
verb (used with object)
to accompany or escort, usually for protection.
have convoyed
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present perfectof convoy.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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James, after seeing the fleet which was to have convoyed him back to his kingdom burned down to the water edge, had returned in no good humour to his abode near Paris.
From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
Of those who could have convoyed the expedition on its homeward march only he remained.
From The Shadow of the East by E. M. (Edith Maude) Hull
We have convoyed these children to Stratford, to use the language of commerce, as per contract.
From True Tilda by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Ease of anxiety was more than food and drink to Amber; his feeling of relief, to have convoyed Sophia to the company and protection of Anglo-Saxons like himself, was intense.
From The Bronze Bell by Louis Joseph Vance
"You have convoyed your gossip Katrin home in safety, I trust," said I, sweetly, as she came in.
From Red Axe by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
