chaperon

Example Sentences

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The three girls aged 13, 10, and 9 arrived early in the morning Thursday, were detained and barred entry into the country along with their cousin chaperon who immigration authorities deemed “inadmissible.”

From Slate • Jul. 19, 2019

At the outset, the company plans on offering fully autonomous rides, with a Waymo employee in the car only as a chaperon.

From The Verge • Aug. 21, 2018

Any children Mike Pence had with Greta Garbo would want to be left alone, but with a chaperon.

From Washington Post • Apr. 27, 2017

But she inexplicably goes beyond the call of duty to chaperon him across America to visit Kevin Costner on a movie set.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2015

They had said all along that when I was eighteen and going to college, I could go out with boys, and then only in the company of a chaperon.

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals