ambushment

Example Sentences

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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

Constant lightning in a particular place indicated an ambushment of the enemy.

From Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before by Turner, George

Not he, not he; he is as prudent as he is brave, in the main, though so forgetful of himself in the late ambushment.

From Pathfinder; or, the inland sea by Cooper, James Fenimore

Now is the time to come out of our ambushment," exclaimed the old man, hastening to join his friends, "and to make open and manful war.

From The Prairie by Cooper, James Fenimore

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 Hall, Newton Marshall