List of antonyms from "ambitious" to antonyms from "amidst"


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Definition of the day : « ambush »

  • noun lying in wait; concealed position
  • verb lie in wait; attack
Example sentences :
  • Firing from ambush and moving from place to place, he would seem more than one man.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • No mountains are here, but this is a great country for ambush.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • Besides, they can rake us with bullets from ambush, while we're climbing up the ridge.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • We're only two, but we've got the advantage of the ambush, and that's a big one.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • Darkness, the ambush and the caution of sharpshooters were there.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • Me she had not seen, nor did she till I darted out of my ambush, and leapt after Rupert into the moat.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner of Zenda » by Anthony Hope
  • He had lost all faith in his friend, and at first almost suspected an ambush.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • A sudden discharge of shot from the savages in ambush, dispelled that hope.
  • Extract from : « Chronicles of Border Warfare » by Alexander Scott Withers
  • The Austrians entered upon a swift pursuit and were led into ambush.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) » by Various
  • He recalled the rescue of Solange and the ambush from the top of the great, flat outcrop.
  • Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter