ambush
noun
an act or instance of lying concealed so as to attack by surprise.
was ambushing
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past progressiveof ambush.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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During that trial, when a frustrated Microsoft witness complained that Boies was ambushing him with trick questions, Boies actually promised to raise his hand before he asked another one.
From Time Magazine Archive
It skirted the Lumisana forest for hours, and Sapazani’s tribe was ambushing the whole of that road.
From Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion by Bertram Mitford
