Sentence examples for a trap on from inspiring English sources

A week later Howe tried to spring a trap on one of Washington's detachments that would have cut the American retreat into the hills off; this effort was repulsed in the Battle of Short Hills.

He was, quite possibly, the best hooker the game has produced with a rare ability to stand tall and hit from high to low rather than low to high – down and in control instead of up – so that the idea that he might be snared into a trap on the boundary was a futile one.

He says that one or more Hickory Bend residents deliberately set a trap on the trail by concealing chunks of concrete under a pile of leaves.

Yet the melodious omnipotence of Prospero springs a trap on unsuspecting composers.

He discovered this technique accidentally, after a morning run, and then trying to set a trap on our roof before changing his clothes.

Conventional wisdom would dictate that, after their near-miracle 16-point loss at Denver, the Jaguars could fall into a trap on Sunday.

A fine Ghostbusters-esque challenge, "Spooky Search", requiring players to move around the room using the Wii remote as a sensor to detect ghosts before grabbing hold of them and wrestling them into a trap on-screen, stands out.

This means the agriculture industry is mostly one vast train trapped on a chemical track.

Maigret Sets a Trap is on ITV at 9pm on Monday.

It's a trap game on the bottom of a teeter-totter.

"They've probably got a trap door on the stage this time," Mr. Schmidt said.