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
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
Her agitated eyes merely took in a manly vision who was accosting her politely, though without removing his hat.
From The Madcap of the School by Balliol Salmon
