accost

The mob was there to accost and hurl insults at 58-year-old Kiai Ashari, the caretaker of the Ndholo Kusumo Islamic boarding school, as he was escorted away by police.

From BBC ● May 13, 2026

A rare moment of high drama flares when a pregnant woman, Agata, played with firecracker fierceness by Anna Chlumsky, barrels down the basement stairs to accost Renia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025

You wait for guests to leave the secure perimeter, and politely accost them for all the details.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 20, 2022

I was lonely in my room at night, where Netflix would accost me with the passive aggressive, "Are you still watching?"

From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2022

His black eyes accost me as if I am the devil made flesh He wears a severe black satin doublet and hose.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

School marshals escort her and her fellow board members to their cars to ensure no one accosts them.

From Salon ● May 15, 2024

“No one accosts me in the street. No one threatens my life, and nobody shoots me,” said Miller, who is white.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2023

The culprit is a female sea otter, who accosts the wave riders, seizing and even damaging their surfboards in the process.

From New York Times ● Jul. 12, 2023

Emi herself yells at someone who’s inconsiderately parked his truck on a stretch of curb, and later at an older man who accosts her in the street.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2021

She accosts me at the door; she must have been watching through the window.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse

On Tuesday, the 63-year-old doctor of engineering was accosted as she walked through Mexico City.

From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2025

The McCanns, the court heard, then came across the defendants face-to-face when Ms Wandelt and Mrs Spragg turned up outside their home on 7 December 2024 and "accosted" them.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2025

Mrs McCann arrived home first and "was accosted" by Ms Wandelt, who tried to stop her entering her property, while she said Mrs Spragg had been "aggressive".

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2025

Among the federal authorities allegedly accosted have been Border Patrol agents.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2025

When no one accosted me, I sheathed the swords and walked about like a guest until I found the baron.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

Fans have been seen accosting board members in hotel lobbies and airports, while on the pitch the team languish 14 points off the Premiership summit as Europe continues to to be a traumatic experience.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2025

Given her reaction to being approached by the CeraVe rack and her fear of town halls, Mace may think the only appropriate forum for accosting a representative is the hallway outside the bathroom.

From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2025

His jokes were followed by a slide show of Philbin accosting famous artists like David Hockney and Ellsworth Kelly in the Hammer men’s room.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2024

A video seen by the Associated Press showed scores of Turkish Cypriots accosting a much smaller group of Slovak and British U.N. soldiers trying to hold them back from starting work inside the buffer zone.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 18, 2023

‘I can’t bear that dreadful woman accosting me every time I happen to walk by.’

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt