accosted
Example Sentences
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Ramirez asked his attorney, Luis Castillo, if the agents who accosted him “had violence on their mind when they used that word.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
On Tuesday, the 63-year-old doctor of engineering was accosted as she walked through Mexico City.
From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2025
"I cannot move out of my house without being accosted and challenged by the police and driving me back home," Lungu told the BBC in May 2024.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2025
A few weeks prior, a surfer was reportedly accosted by a “feral, almost demonic” sea lion that he said dragged him off his board in Oxnard and stalked him in the water.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 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
