usher
/ˈʌʃəɹ/ verb B2- To guide people to their seats.
- To accompany or escort (someone).
- To precede; to act as a forerunner or herald.
- To lead or guide somewhere.
He/she/it ushers · Past ushered · Past participle ushered · -ing form ushering
Verb forms
- Base form
- usher
- He/she/it
- ushers
- Past
- ushered
- Past participle
- ushered
- -ing form
- ushering
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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He was still chuckling over his success when Billy swung open the door and Inspector MacDonald of Scotland Yard was ushered into the room.
A moment later the tall and portly form of Mycroft Holmes was ushered into the room.
We were ushered into a dim-lit drawing-room, where an instant later we were joined by a very tall, handsome, light-bearded man of fifty, the younger brother of the dead scientist.
I was finishing this little analysis of the case when the door was opened and the austere figure of the great dermatologist was ushered in.
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