ambush
noun
an act or instance of lying concealed so as to attack by surprise.
has ambushed
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present perfectof ambush (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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“What novel do you think you’re in?” exclaims a former girlfriend whom he has ambushed to make a manic proposal of marriage.
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2023
Says one paparazzo who regularly stalks the Terminal 5 exit, where he has ambushed the likes ofUsher and Michael Keaton, “If they’re going off the tarmac, there’s no way around it.”
From Time ● Jun. 10, 2015
Two men may be travelling upon the same road, and at the same hour; but there will be no hesitation or doubt in the ranks of the double, invisible troop whom fortune has ambushed there.
From The Buried Temple by Alfred Sutro
"Somebody has ambushed us, Uhlans, I suppose, and we've got to run!"
From The Guns of Europe by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler
Yaqui has given Rojas the slip or has ambushed him in some trap.
From Desert Gold by Zane Grey
