waylaid

[ wey-leyd, wey-leyd ]
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verb
  1. simple past tense and past participle of waylay.

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How to use waylaid in a sentence

  • They may have been waylaid by another mystery: What do website-clicking sports fans want?

    On the Peninsula | Bryan Curtis | April 25, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • With this Henriette retired and the next morning on her way to early church I waylaid Norah.

    Mrs. Raffles | John Kendrick Bangs
  • As Aunt Zélie was on her way upstairs that night she was waylaid in the dimly lighted hall by three ghostly figures.

    The Story of the Big Front Door | Mary Finley Leonard
  • They had been out, from the fort at Wheeling, on a scouting party, and were waylaid at a pass called the narrows.

    The Indian in his Wigwam | Henry R. Schoolcraft
  • I waylaid him privately and asked if there was anything I could get or do—a tonic, a change.

    Jane Journeys On | Ruth Comfort Mitchell
  • Supposing he had been waylaid and surrounded by black-fellows!

    Queensland Cousins | Eleanor Luisa Haverfield