in wait
see lie in wait.
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How to use in wait in a sentence
Like two figures carved in stone sat the two liers-in-wait, their well-trained horses as motionless as themselves.
Tom Tufton's Travels | Evelyn Everett-GreenNext day, after a long lying-in-wait, I intercepted Adam Waggett and beckoned him into the shrubbery.
Memoirs of a Midget | Walter de la MareThey despise men who "suspect" for a living; they hate legal lyers-in-wait and the highwaymen of the law.
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) | Robert G. IngersollEvery few yards of the bad lands offered perfect lurking places for liers-in-wait along the trail.
Bloom of Cactus | Robert Ames BennetHis eye is black as Erebus, and has the most mocking, lying-in-wait sort of expression conceivable.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 5 (of 14) | Elbert Hubbard
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