accompanied
having companions or an escort
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,682 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 10,829 times across 173,499 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- having companions or an escort there were lone gentlemen and gentlemen accompanied by their wives
- playing or singing with instrumental or vocal accompaniment also: attended
accompanied in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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And beckoning to the agents who accompanied him to stop at the door,--“Monsieur Vincent Favoral?” he inquired.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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She dreamed that her two new friends, the flies, returned, accompanied by an innumerable troop of winged insects.
Piccolissima · Adélaïde de Montgolfier · Chapter 1
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His progress was accompanied by a clatter of utensils like that which heralds the coming of a carrier's cart.
Barlasch of the Guard · Henry Seton Merriman · Chapter 1
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Reverend Henry Ward Beecher was to have accompanied the expedition, but urgent duties obliged him to give up the idea.
The Innocents Abroad — Volume 01 · Mark Twain · Chapter 1
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One day the Prince and the Queen, accompanied by a little group of courtiers, rode to the frontier of Lantern Land.
The Firelight Fairy Book · Henry Beston · Chapter 1