Sentence example with the word 'waylay'

waylay

Definition v. wait in hiding to attack

Last update: August 17, 2015


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His opponents endeavoured to waylay him, but he came to London with an armed retinue and forced himself into the king's presence.   [verb]

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Thus, the Koreans go far beyond the Eskimo and number their demons by thousands of billions; they fill the chimney, the shed, the living-room, the kitchen, they are on every shelf and jar; in thousands they waylay the traveller as he leaves his home, beside him, behind him, dancing in front of him, whirring over his head, crying out upon him from air, earth and water.   [verb]

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I must go up the road and waylay him.   [verb]

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These licks are great places of resort with the hunters, who waylay their game near the paths that lead to them.   [verb]

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His opponents endeavoured to waylay him, but he came to London with an armed retinue and forced himself into the king's presence.   [Please select]

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Does he propose to waylay the stage.   [Please select]

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But who else would try to waylay and insult her.   [Please select]

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There were so many temptations for young men, so many who waited to waylay them.   [Please select]

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We were to lurk in ambush there, and waylay an unwary traveller.   [Please select]

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wax - waylay - weary