bushwhacker

Example Sentences

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It is still dreaming of the Civil War and reliving memories of bushwhackers, moonshiners, Indian fights, big hunts, and other boisterous incidents of the frontier days.

From Salon

Pinpricks of red light appeared like beady mouse eyes in the woods, evidence of bushwhackers braving the poison ivy for a closer look.

From Washington Post

Soon, Fins became known for ice cream sandwich bushwhackers, Caribbean atmosphere and live bands.

From Washington Times

Ever since the earliest photographic technologies, bushwhackers have willfully deviated from marked trails, but never, it seems, have more renegades tweaked convention than in the past decade or two.

From Los Angeles Times

“I wonder in the long run if one of these days anyone will remember Quantrill,” he said, pointing out he already has been overshadowed by his bushwhacker subordinate Jesse James.

From Washington Times