ambushment

Example Sentences

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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

It was three or four days after, at the least, that I had intended returning; and by that time, no doubt, our friends would have had their ambushment complete.

From Oddsfish! by Benson, Robert Hugh

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

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

"I wish to Our Lady you may, my lord," answered Ludovic; "but it wounds me to the very midriff, to think my sister's son should fear an ambushment."

From Quentin Durward by Scott, Walter, Sir