ambush
noun
an act or instance of lying concealed so as to attack by surprise.
had ambushed
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past perfectof ambush.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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In the first inning, the team had ambushed Padres starter Yu Darvish for four runs on long balls from Freddie Freeman and Andy Pages.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2025
They had ambushed people’s souls, and as their concept crumbled by midweek, the fans themselves did seem to get an alluring win.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 24, 2021
He acknowledged that the situation in the game, the emotion of it, had ambushed him with just one out to go.
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2016
The tennis itself was not too shabby either as Kyrgios reeled in Seppi, the Italian veteran who had ambushed Federer in the third round.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2015
The turtle, the dead-end channel, the cliff...Hazel got the feeling this was not the first time the letter writer had ambushed a ship here.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
