accosted

• Weston accosted, as he turned and beheld his daughter. —  Glen of the High North
• It was no wonder that his eye gleamed, that his voice took on the old vibrant tone, that every gesture, in thought or in spite of thought, assumed the tender deference of the lover It was a fair woman, this chance guest of the highway whom he now accosted--bronze-haired, blue-eyed, soft of voice, queenly of mien, gentle, calm and truly lovable. —  The Mississippi Bubble
• Perceiving that the figures he had accosted were attired in women's clothing, he dropped his rifle and demanded What are you doing here We have been selling apples to the soldiers," replied Hal in French in a shrill voice The soldier understood French and replied Where are your baskets Hal replied as he had been instructed by the little war correspondent Well," said the sentry, apparently satisfied, "you have no business around here at this hour of the night. —  The Boy Allies in the Trenches Midst Shot and Shell Along the Aisne
• The first person by whom we were accosted--and I rejoiced at it, for we could not have been accosted by a more amusing one--was Count Anthony Hamilton Ah! —  Devereux — Complete
• I rather thought too that the gentleman whom I accosted was a Yankee, and after talking a few minutes with him, so much did he exceed me in asking questions, that I felt sure he was one. —  Minnesota and Dacotah

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