ambushment

Example Sentences

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O brother," whispered Giles, "ne'er saw I place sweeter or more apt for ambushment.

From Beltane the Smith by Farnol, Jeffery

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

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

I hold it a sin to kill the second buck afore the first is eaten, unless a march in the front, or an ambushment, be contemplated.

From The Last of the Mohicans A Narrative of 1757 by Cooper, James Fenimore

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

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