accost
verb (used with object)
to confront boldly.
was accosting
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past progressiveof accost.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The most detailed one I heard was on the beach around Thanksgiving time, when she went up to a family that had masks on and was accosting them.
From Slate ● Apr. 22, 2021
At first, he assumed a customer was accosting a worker.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2020
The latter gentleman, busy and important, dropped much of his official way when he found whom he was accosting.
From The Purchase Price by Emerson Hough
The daughter of the well-to-do Panuel Lovell and my guest was accosting a tourist with, 'Let me tell you your fortune, my pretty gentleman.
From Aylwin by Theodore Watts-Dunton
A keen-looking young man, particularly well set up and wearing nice tweeds, was accosting him.
From If Winter Comes by A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth) Hutchinson
