ambushment
Example Sentences
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So from that on we went as men whose lives are held in pawn by a hidden foe, looking at every turn for an 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
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
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
Constant lightning in a particular place indicated an ambushment of the enemy.
From Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before by Turner, George
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
