ambushment

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

The old hunter postponed his prayerful motion, most reluctantly, as it would seem, and led the way in a silent withdrawal from the dangerous neighborhood of the ambushment.

From The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady by Lynde, Francis

Constant lightning in a particular place indicated an ambushment of the enemy.

From Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before by Turner, George

They would blunder down the pitch into the arroyo, perhaps glancing back, fearful of pursuit, but apprehending no ambushment.

From Jim Waring of Sonora-Town Tang of Life by Knibbs, Henry Herbert

Not he, not he; he is as prudent as he is brave, in the main, though so forgetful of himself in the late ambushment.

From Pathfinder; or, the inland sea by Cooper, James Fenimore

Then he knew; saw it all as clearly as though he had witnessed it—the ambushment in the blinding sandstorm; the terror-stricken Waco; the frightened ponies; the lunging and swaying buckboard.

From Jim Waring of Sonora-Town Tang of Life by Knibbs, Henry Herbert