ambushment

Example Sentences

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On the 8th August they came to an ambushment all prepared, but it had been abandoned for some unknown reason.

From The Personal Life of David Livingstone by Blaikie, William Garden

Now is the time to come out of our ambushment," exclaimed the old man, hastening to join his friends, "and to make open and manful war.

From The Prairie by Cooper, James Fenimore

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

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

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