Use "accosted" in a sentence

1. “It is not right for a woman to be stood up and accosted by every bum! No, this will not happen again!” he said pompously and I believed him

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2. He stepped forward and bent and turned the man over; it was the same man that had accosted the women at the Inn

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3. Ozzie had been hanging around at the mouth of the alley and, seeing her on her own, had accosted her

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4. Before Billy can turn again to follow him he is accosted by the reporter from the local rag

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5. Soon they were accosted by a couple of middle-

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6. He’d accosted us briefly when we were standing

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7. a light pine forest he was accosted by several bandits

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8. “Yes Sheriff—I was accosted down the alley by four ruffians,” stammered Coal

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9. “A woman accosted me on the street

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10. Recalling that she had made no attempt to defend herself when they accosted her last time, I can‘t say I was surprised by this confession

11. Sitting alone at a nearby table on the ‘bar’ part of the porch, the drunken man who had accosted him earlier sat with a collection of empties

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12. “I am not tired, Father! I am not tired!” Nisaba protested, her voice becoming more shrill with the repetition as she accosted him with an accusatory glance, but he saw the tears welling up

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13. Once again, I ask the question, “Is this then the ‘end of days,’ the final one, where physical time comes to an end for humankind, where a remnant is seemingly removed, raptured while all others are accosted by a series of catastrophes with extinction as its final note?”

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14. accosted by packs of small monsters that lived within the waste

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15. I was immediately accosted by a blond behemoth in khaki slacks, blue blazer, white shirt, and striped tie

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16. For whatever reason, I was generally not accosted, did my research, and left for home already halfway there by either BART or auto

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17. lolling, wide smiles on their faces as they accosted you, sure that

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18. When I moved back to Groton 7/02, I wanted to strangle the SOB, Hermie, who packed my MBR when I saw him at the Peppertree Apartments, because while Mayflower, not Allied, handled my move back from NM, I saw that bastard, very soon before my right eye “blew out” unloading a United Van across the street from my apartment and almost accosted him

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19. She accosted Alilia immediately

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20. Lost in his own thoughts, Moshe was hardly aware of the commotion that swirled around him until a loud familiar voice accosted him

21. He sprang back in sudden alarm as a sharp hissing sound from close by accosted his ears

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22. The brothel had different flags displayed than the one where he was accosted; he hoped that a rival’s territory might dampen his pursuers’ enthusiasm for mischief

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23. Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson, wanted for questioning in the Long Island disappearance of his mother two weeks ago, is shown here fleeing from the bus where he accosted several elderly female passengers

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24. While idly absorbing the lively, cosmopolitan ambience of Plaza Del Sol I was accosted by a woman who, covering the eyes of her two young offspring, hurled venomous abuse

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25. They took care to march in silence and were not again accosted by hostile creatures

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26. “Before you fighters returned from the Nether Planes Wood’s End was accosted by goblins and orcs

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27. One evening as they strolled about Corinth out near where the wall of the citadel ran down to the sea, they were accosted by two public women

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28. Early the next morning, as Jesus was going for a walk, this young man accosted him and said: "Master, I would know from you the assurances of eternal life

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29. Seeing Sancha standing paralyzed, staring with wide-eyed terror at the seething pillar, he accosted her with a bellow that cut through the thunder of the water and made her jump out of her daze

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30. countryside before being raped or otherwise accosted? Would Jocasta have fallen into

31. 1 About noontime, as Philip was purchasing supplies for the new camp which was that day being established near Gethsemane, he was accosted by a delegation of strangers, a group of believing Greeks from Alexandria, Athens, and Rome, whose spokesman said to the apostle: "You have been pointed out to us by those who know you; so we come to you, Sir, with the request to see Jesus, your Master

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32. Mounting the horse, I rode on and was accosted at least three more times before I left the town behind

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33. Orlov was accosted by a delegation of Bolsheviks

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34. When Jesus first addressed them, asking if they had any fish, they did not suspect who he was because it was a common experience for these fishermen on the Sea of Galilee, when they came ashore, to be thus accosted by the fish merchants of Tarichea, who were usually on hand to buy the fresh catches for the drying establishments

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35. fun that later in the week we accosted the waiter and

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36. walk home he had taken a shortcut across Citadel Hill, where he was accosted by

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37. Halifax police station and reported that he had been accosted by five muggers

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38. In the next village the prince was accosted by a well

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39. Within hours of the court’s decision, the Security Police began arresting cadets who verbally accosted other cadets

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40. Shortly after returning to Oxford, Siri was accosted in the street by an unknown and angry young woman who asked if he was proud of himself

41. It is also written that toward the end of the visit, Abraham and Lot were accosted by men

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42. leave the premises in fear of being accosted, snatched, and then

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43. It was three weeks later that Mr Warwick heard of the enquiry by the police, he’d gone into town to place an advert for two boilermakers, calling into the pub for a quick beer he was accosted by a young constable with a photograph of Tony Rossi, the policeman asked him if he’d seen the young man, apparently Tony was a keen fisherman and was on holiday somewhere on the west coast, his family hadn’t heard from him for a couple of weeks and were concerned he may have had an accident, the policeman told John and the rest of the drinkers, that enquiries were being made from Geraldton to Port Hedland, as he was known to be travelling up the coast from Perth where he lived, another customer butted in with his opinion, if he’d been fishing around Carnarvon it was probable that a shark had taken him, he stated as fact that there were so many sharks around them waters you could walk on their backs to Dome Island, which seemed reasonable to John and the rest of the drinkers, they all told the constable that he hadn’t made it as far as Port Hedland or they would have seen him or someone would have mentioned seeing him, strangers not being very thick on the ground around here, satisfied that he’d done all he could the police man shouted for a beer and challenged one of the locals to a game of pool

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44. � She was heading out of the east side entrance of the building when two giants, a man and a woman, accosted her cautiously

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45. When we walk outside, we’re accosted by building-

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46. Khan, who was still fuming at the rebuke he had received from Li, was accosted by Horace Zembelo as he walked out of the conference room

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47. Their sensibilities were too tender for them to be comfortable as the weather accosted them at its whim with stray bits of air or water or heat

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48. First, he had been accosted unexpectedly by a reporter

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49. accosted by Russel the love muscle

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50. " You were accosted by Mr

51. accosted him he could smell strong liquor emanating from

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52. legs wearing a red dress quickly accosted the judge while

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53. When he answered the door he was accosted by a portly

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54. It was the smell of chemical cleaners and sterile plastic that accosted his nose

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55. had lobbed into the long grass when he had last been accosted in his sleep)

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56. On the other hand, if he was accosted by an American or

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57. had accosted Carolyn earlier

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58. Peering gingerly around the corner she saw Ben being accosted by a clerk

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59. ‘When I was a few feet away from Wahab’s office, some Hindu hooligans seeking out the Muslims for slaughter, accosted me

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60. quieter road when he was accosted by three girls

61. The foul smell of urine and rotting food accosted her

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62. “Could the same bunch that accosted you have started the blaze?”

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63. Officers Dewit and Macfey accosted suspect, were also assaulted

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64. Burglaries were one of the most prevalent crimes of Hong Kong, particularly in low level buildings which had no lifts and dark staircases where thieves could work their picks without too much fear of being accosted by tenants frequently coming and going

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65. "I was walking home late one night when a boy accosted me

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66. Almost immediately, they were accosted by skeletal pterodactyls and pterosaurs while flying over land, and by sea they faced the trumpeting menace of the vicious manticore

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67. The kids are accosted, isolated, and abandoned by the abomination of desolation brought on by the intolerance of others

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68. The kids soft and tender voices are accosted by the abomination of desolation brought on by the arrogance of others

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69. When they parked up, two burly security guards accosted their vehicle

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70. And when she did, the evil forces of life accosted me

71. Over lunch, Bill Nicholson accosted him cheerfully, still trying to paper over the flaming row on supervision of the "new boys" a month or more ago

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72. Before Frank could join in the pursuit he was accosted by Brian, who looked pissed

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73. The officer walked up to her and Deshavi told him of being accosted by the three men in the store and them wanting her to steal the skull

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74. Claudette tells the police, "Me and my friend Landa were accosted by a strange character! The character had tried to grab Landa!" Claudette speaks with the police for a while

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75. Next day he was looking out for her, and accosted her the moment she appeared

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76. Near the hotel there was always a kind of loafer who accosted travellers, and who would not refuse

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77. the best advantage, I was accosted from different motives, and yielded to the

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78. "Five minutes ago, Hareton seemed a personification of my youth, not a human being: I felt to him in such a variety of ways, that it would have been impossible to have accosted him rationally

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79. was accosted by, and fell into chat with him

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80. Thea: So, the week before the trivia night, Jane accosted Trish and Fiona when they were in the middle of a private conversation

81. A talib accosted them and blocked their way

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82. The Englishman, with the coolness of his nation, addressed him in terms nearly similar to those with which he had accosted the mayor of Marseilles

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83. `I'm afraid it's a frost, mate,' Harlow whispered, and Philpot, shaking his head sadly, returned to work; but in a little while he came out again and once more accosted Harlow

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84. But before they had proceeded a dozen yards from the shop, they were accosted by a short, elderly man with grey hair and a beard

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85. He always slouched, locomotively, with his eyes on the ground; and, when accosted or otherwise required to raise them, he looked up in a half-resentful, half-puzzled way, as though the only thought he ever had was, that it was rather an odd and injurious fact that he should never be thinking

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86. They carried collecting boxes and accosted the people in the street, begging for money for the unemployed

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87. His shoulders, his legs and his feet ached terribly, and as he was taking the thing back to the shop he was accosted by a ragged, dirty- looking, beer-sodden old man whose face was inflamed with drink and fury

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88. As the writer of the note was on his way back to his room to resume work he was accosted by a man who had gone into Harlow's room to criticize it, and had succeeded in finding several faults which he pointed out to the other, and of course they were both very much disgusted with Harlow

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89. had made alterations, he gathered an armful of it and was returning to the paintshop when Sawkins accosted him

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90. Meanwhile, her mother had accosted the physician

91. I remember you now, he said to me when I accosted him at the cemetery

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92. Next morning she was accosted in the cloisters by Brother Thomas, the only monk left in the monastery

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93. She stood up and accosted the man

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94. I stopped to catch my breath and was about to inform him that I’d just been accosted by an angry mob of swans, but then I considered how that might sound

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95. Once, when one of Super Man’s engines quit during a routine flight, Phil turned the plane back and landed at Kahuku, only to be accosted by the furious lieutenant in a speeding jeep, ordering them back up

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