ambushment

Example Sentences

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Walkyn, Ulf! here hath been an ambushment, methinks—'tis a likely place for such.

From Beltane the Smith by Farnol, Jeffery

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

For the first moment, so genuine appeared his passion, I had believed him; and that the ambushment was there, as he had said.

From Oddsfish! by Benson, Robert Hugh

It was three or four days after, at the least, that I had intended returning; and by that time, no doubt, our friends would have had their ambushment complete.

From Oddsfish! by Benson, Robert Hugh

And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people that were with him, from the ambushment.

From Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature by Moulton, Richard Green