Example Sentences

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The guards were accosting the officers in their neighborhood, and had taken his among other vestments.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 by Various

The people were accosting each other in a friendly way in the streets.

From The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Jordan, Charlotte Brewster

Two minutes later, you were accosting my father.

From The Woman of Mystery by Leblanc, Maurice

The doctor was driving the horse and walking beside the sleigh, and the people were accosting him.

From Wayside Courtships by Garland, Hamlin