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accompanied

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verb

past tense of accompany

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of accompanied
Adjective
The department says Archaga-Elvir was arrested in Texas as an accompanied minor in 2015, but he was released by the Obama administration. — Preston Mizell, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2026
Verb
The Tasting Room offers a full-service restaurant open for dinner and weekend brunch, accompanied by hyperlocal award-winning ciders—all hand-crafted on-site in a state-of-the-art cidery. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2026 Starting with tonight's game between Brashear and Westinghouse, all students under the age of 18 will need to be accompanied by an adult over the age of 21 to be able to get into the stadium. — Mike Darnay, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026 There’s something quietly captivating and a little uncomfortable about the pavement snaps of girlhood; some teens accompanied by mothers, others affecting nonchalance, or standing on their hands to get attention. — Sheena McKenzie, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026 Moreno described restrictions on the group’s movements, saying officers accompanied them to the market and on occasional outings but restricted them from going out at night. — Mark Banchereau, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026 Underage customers typically need to be accompanied by a parent or guardian, but some cities and counties may have additional regulations. — Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026 In contrast to previous technology booms, this time around there appears to be a stronger expectation that wealth should be accompanied by responsibility. — Joe Crome, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026 They’ll be accompanied onstage by real-life couple Harry Hamlin and Lisa Rinna. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026 That pay period included Calvo’s attendance at Dade Days, the annual advocacy event in Tallahassee during the Florida legislative session, to which Ginestra accompanied him. — Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for accompanied
Verb
  • The suspect wanted for pushing his estranged girlfriend and her infant daughter off their 15th-floor Bronx balcony, killing the woman, has been arrested — and smiled shamelessly when escorted to court by cops to face justice Thursday.
    — Theodore Parisienne, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The fan who reached out to catch the ball was escorted out of Yankee Stadium by security and police.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Two of the three strongest on record — in 1982-83 and 1997-98 — coincided with above-average precipitation in California and caused considerable damage.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The arrest, which came as public interest in the investigation remained high, coincided with the search of a property nearby in Westminster, police said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his Bulgarian counterpart Rumen Radev attended a ceremony at Thessaloniki's Museum of Byzantine Civilization, where the remains were kept, before the handover.
    — COSTAS KANTOURIS, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
  • About 285,000 attended last year, making the United States the festival’s largest source of overseas visitors.
    — Erik Kirschbaum, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • On Monday, a kayaker happened upon a half-kilogram of cocaine off Sumerland Key in the Lower Keys.
    — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The crash happened as a white Toyota Prius traveling north on Gillham Plaza struck the pedestrian, according to the crash log.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • At the Irish Rep, director Ciarán O’Reilly has brought O’Neill’s expressionist howl back for a swift, sturdy, smaller-scale revival that now feels unnervingly on-the-pulse.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
  • For 70 years, the festival has brought really the best of the year in cinema to audiences.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026

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“Accompanied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accompanied. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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