ambushment
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
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
I hold it a sin to kill the second buck afore the first is eaten, unless a march in front, or an ambushment, be contemplated.
From The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 by Cooper, James Fenimore
