Sentences with phrase «accosted in»

I myself have been scolded by friends when I confessed to a long shower, accosted in check out lines for not using a reusable bag (hey, I forgot it...), and even faced the outrage of a stranger who overheard me telling a friend in a private conversation that the acquisition of a certain well - known natural personal care brand by a leading supplier of bleach was not the end of the world.

But I knew everything was OK, that the woman who had accosted me in the quiet village shop was just another in the ever - growing number of people wanting to comment on or find out more about the Infiniti Coupe.

Single people are accosted in public spaces with demands for appropriate papers.

We met at The Malmaison in Reading, and a drunk old man, with the same name as my date accosted me in the hotel lobby.

I clearly remember the day in the ninth grade that a classmate accosted me in the hallway of my junior high to recruit me for the high school debate team.

Agents took papers from his offices in Albany and Jamaica, and also accosted him in his hotel room this morning.

Angry constituents have accosted him in Albany and at his out - of - district home in Mamaroneck.

On the first night after Daron Babcock moved into the depressed south Dallas area of Bonton, one of his neighbors, high and belligerent, accosted him in his home.

Religion gets carte blanche to be as vocal as it wants, to knock on our doors and accost us in our homes, in our places of work, in our personal and professional lives.

At $ 6 a night, the cockroaches that would later accost me in my sleep were tolerable.

Not exact matches

Schaerlaeckens also points to an instance in which Clint Dempsey accosted a referee in a 2015 U.S. Open Cup game (run by U.S. Soccer), after which he was barred for just three games — though suspended from that particular tournament for two years.

While a university lecturer in Singapore, American travel writer Paul Theroux recalled being accosted by his vice chancellor and told his hair was too long.

The liberation that love engenders and the claim that it lays upon us are absolutely binding; they are kerygmatic address, which, as Bultmann interprets Paul, «accosts each individual, throwing the person himself into question by rendering his self - understanding problematic, and demanding a decision of hint» The kerygma can be defined as «absolute» in two respects.

In the progress of its philosophizing the human spirit is ever more inclined to regard the absolute which it contemplates as having been produced by itself, the spirit that thinks it: «Until, finally, all that is over against us, everything that accosts us and takes possession of us, all partnership of existence, is dissolved in free - floating subjectivity.&raquIn the progress of its philosophizing the human spirit is ever more inclined to regard the absolute which it contemplates as having been produced by itself, the spirit that thinks it: «Until, finally, all that is over against us, everything that accosts us and takes possession of us, all partnership of existence, is dissolved in free - floating subjectivity.&raquin free - floating subjectivity.»

He need not do so because of some rigid definition of the Bible but because in reading it he has been accosted by the Other One.

If in the course of an ordinary day we are not struck in the face or accosted by beggars or taken to court or hit up for a loan, there are plenty of other demands on our time for faithful living!

George Caird, principal of Oxford's Mansfield College, illumines this point in Principalities and Powers by relating the story of a former bishop of Durham, accosted one day by a member of the Salvation Army.

Some Greek proselytes to Judaism came to where he was at the time in Jerusalem and accosted Philip with the request.

In his commentary on Hebrews 4:12, «The Word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two - edged sword,» John Calvin declared, «Whenever the Lord accosts us by His Word, He is dealing seriously with us to affect all our inner senses.

Thankfully I have not been accosted by the avocado police — avocados are cheap in my neck of the woods - at Costco, a bag of 6 are $ 5!!!

«Local Woman Accosted by Amish Grandmother in the Baking Aisle of Neighborhood Grocery Store».

Shallots are slightly sweeter and don't accost your tastebuds in the same way.

I remember getting out of the car and floating up to my bedroom (after being accosted by family members who knew something was up), where I replayed the kiss over and over in my head.

If there was ever any doubt as to Ice - T's stance on food, the hip - hop icon cleared it up in the Body Count video «Institutionalized»: While taking a lunch break, he's accosted by a film crew member wearing a «Meat Is Murder» T - shirt.

After they had eaten he went to the bar to get a round in, and he was accosted by this beautiful blonde who begged him to quickly go back to her room and sign his name on her tits.

In popularity, it may have overtaken Ascot, an opinion voiced by O'Grady, who is accosted on the track the first morning of the meet.

When I was at Mom 2.0 Summit in late April I accosted some incredibly smart parent writers / podcasters / vloggers and asked them how they get their kids talking.

This practice was a vast improvement over abruptly handing a newborn over to a stranger who would take it to a brightly lit, noisy environment and accost it with a shot, swabbing its eyes with erythromycin ointment and foot printing all before wrapping it in a warm blanket and returning him / her to their mother.

As you land in Geneva you are accosted by its beauty and simplicity, and after two days of strolling around in the winter sun, we had all fallen in love with this elegant city.

I have suffered no complications and I have only had only one super creepy encounter where a woman (possibly on drugs) wanted to accost my belly and rub it in a semi-sexual and really awkward way (for the record, I don't mind belly touching — but this woman was....

Anyway, if you're as annoyed by ignorant meddling as I am, or you're worried about being accosted the next time you nurse your kid in public, or spend a lot of time participating in internet comment threads about breastfeeding, here's a cheat sheet for responding to comments you're likely to encounter.

According to the Daily Guide report: «There was drama at the Achimota Shopping Mall in Accra last Saturday when a man accosted businessman and National Democratic Congress (NDC) financier, Alfred Agbesi Woyome, for duping the state in the sum of GH cents 51.2 million.»

The gentlemen succeeded in accosting ASP Nanka and attempted to seize his vehicle, but the intervention of other security personnel saved the situation.

Some have just been overcome by the prospect of this year's elections — a senior Liberal Democrat in Leicester (there were four elections there) accosted my colleague Gary O'Donoghue on the campaign trail and pronounced: «If you write your name across my chest, I'll never wash it off.»

Former President of Ghana Journalist Association Kabral Amerehe Blay, has also stated in his book as been accosted and attacked by Akufo - Addo for using his (Kabral) own Newspaper to support the Presidential bid of Candidate Kufour prior to the Sunyani Congress in 1998

According to her, the suspects were accosted and engaged the police in gun battle at Erin - Osun, in Irepodun local government area of the state.

Some aggrieved family members and youth in the community reportedly accosted him (Napari), tied him to a tree and stoned him to death.

All politicians must now wear diapers, sleep with prostitutes, Tweet their junk, abscond to a different country for booty calls, accost dudes in mens rooms...

He disclosed that an informant accosted the suspect while he was trying to transport the cow to Azare in neighbouring Bauchi state.

Data Driven @All politicians must now wear diapers, sleep with prostitutes, Tweet their junk, abscond to a different country for booty calls, accost dudes in mens rooms...

Mr. Bannerman alleged that Mr. Vanderpuye accosted and attacked him at his residence in James Town on Wednesday morning.

Officer in charge Police Public Compliant Rapid Response Unit (PCRRU), Assistant Commissioner of Police in Charge, ACP Abayomi Shogunle gave details thus, «On 30th May, 2017 a motorist (names withheld) came to the Public Complaint Rapid Response Unit (PCRRU) FHQ Abuja and reported that while driving his vehicle on 29th May, 2017 (12:30 pm) along Wuse market road he was accosted by two Traffic Wardens who accused him of «beating traffic light» despite the fact that he did not.

«In the last couple of months leading up to the NPP national executive elections, l have been accosted by various groups in the NPP to urge me and pledge support for me to contest for for one or the other national executive positionIn the last couple of months leading up to the NPP national executive elections, l have been accosted by various groups in the NPP to urge me and pledge support for me to contest for for one or the other national executive positionin the NPP to urge me and pledge support for me to contest for for one or the other national executive positions.

The process remains antiquated and reform only comes by court mandate since the guys in control — the party structure and incumbents — benefit from a system requiring many signatures and open to accosting opponents with an intricate and expensive legal process.

Kachi Anifela Zion, had on Monday, through her Instagram page [email protected], alleged that some SARS officers accosted her at «Pipeline Area» in Ilorin at the weekend, accused her of prostitution and searched her.

Some aggrieved family members and youth in the community reportedly accosted him...

In the last couple of months leading up to the NPP national executive elections, l have been accosted by various groups in the NPP to urge me and pledge support for me to contest for one or the other national executive positionIn the last couple of months leading up to the NPP national executive elections, l have been accosted by various groups in the NPP to urge me and pledge support for me to contest for one or the other national executive positionin the NPP to urge me and pledge support for me to contest for one or the other national executive positions.

«We can get credible information with cooperation from you and your subjects to accost criminal elements in the communities,» he added.

Mr. Austin Okwor an operative in the Property Fraud Section of the EFCC Zonal office in Port Harcourt, had closed late for the day and as he left office, he was suddenly accosted by a gang of daredevil hoodlums who opened fire on him.

Akin to seeing Jacob Rees Mogg in a onesie walking down the high street accosting people.