ambushment
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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 William Garden Blaikie
Also Sir Kay came out of an ambushment with five knights with him, and they six smote other six down.
From Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Sir Thomas Malory
And Joshua sent them forth: and they went to the ambushment, and took their place between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua camped that night among the people.
From The Bible Story by Newton Marshall Hall
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 Henry Herbert Knibbs
Their overnight bivouac was not above a mile beyond the glade of 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 Francis Lynde
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a word