Sentence examples for was ambushed with from inspiring English sources
verb
To station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy.
MR. BUSH Nov. 4, 1999: Mr. Bush could not name several foreign leaders when he was ambushed with a pop quiz by a Boston television reporter.
A retired army general, Juan Arturo Esparza, was ambushed with a fusillade of fire and killed, said a message cited in the Houston Chronicle, for "disappointing the letter Z".
Six Afghan policemen were killed when their convoy was ambushed with machine-gun fire and rockets on a dangerous section of the nation's main highway from Kandahar to Kabul that is a frequent target of the Taliban, a police official said.
As she walked to the childminder's house she was ambushed, with Sher Singh wielding the machete.
Instead, he was ambushed with questions about a topic that doesn't really affect his day-to-day life.
On 2 December a detachment of the 123rd Infantry Brigade, en route to relieve troops manning a base on the Papuk, was ambushed with eleven soldiers killed.
What riles people is being ambushed with the news midmeal.
Instead, we were ambushed with a new rumor every hour.
Famous trans women, such as Laverne Cox, have been ambushed with questions like that.
Norgrove was kidnapped in eastern Kunar province on 26 September after being ambushed with three Afghan colleagues.
Anyone who tries to skip dessert will nevertheless be ambushed with a plate of petits fours, including a dense, mottled "chocolate salami" made from dates and nuts.
