set trap

Example Sentences

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Thus nothing was easier than to set trap after trap, into each of which the simple fellow fell as they were set—fell fatally.

From Messengers of Evil Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantômas by Souvestre, Pierre

With his knife he then cuts a hole in the snow exactly the size of the set trap, the plate of which has already been daubed with mixed bait.

From The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure by Heming, Arthur Henry Howard

Be sure to search out all the old hollow logs near streams and set trap in or near entrance--place bait in log.

From Mink Trapping A Book of Instruction Giving Many Methods of Trapping—A Valuable Book for Trappers. by Harding, A. R. (Arthur Robert)

Now for four more nights you must bury a set trap under every heap of sawdust. 

From Full Revelations of a Professional Rat-catcher After 25 Years' Experience by Matthews, Ike

It appeared to have escaped from a deliberately set trap.

From Operation Terror by Leinster, Murray