How to Use ambush in a Sentence

ambush

1 of 2 verb

• We have reports of enemy soldiers ambushing civilians on this road.
• At that point, police said, the girl was ambushed by the shark.
  — Justin Klawans, The Week, 4 Feb. 2023
• Okay, Chow Yun-fat is a cop, a Dirty Harry, and these guys ambush him.
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 3 July 2023
• Watch the video to see Tyler ambush his mom in her garage with a surprise return.
  — Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 16 Feb. 2022
• As night falls, the stargazer, a fish about one foot in length, emerges from beneath the sand to ambush its prey.
  — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 29 Aug. 2021
• His second choice is to bolt out the front door and ambush the bird feeder.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 14 Mar. 2021
• Then came the harrowing night when the crew was ambushed on its way back to Port-au-Prince.
  — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 12 Jan. 2024
• Last year, the Burma Army ambushed his unit and killed five of Htoo’s comrades.
  — Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2023
• The Enquirer reported at the time that the city had been ambushed.
  — The Enquirer, 19 Jan. 2024
• The Village Council, feeling ambushed, vowed to try to stop it.
  — Patricia Mazzei, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2024
• As the group piled into the car and drove off in hopes of saving their lives, they were ambushed by terrorists.
  — Gabriele Regalbuto, Fox News, 18 Oct. 2023
• But they were ambushed by a group loyal to the Comyn family, which led to a bloody battle.
  — Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 25 Aug. 2023
• His car was ambushed, and he was fatally shot at point-blank range.
  — David E. Sanger, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2023
• Step one of her plan is ambushing Ressler at his NA meeting.
  — Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 2 June 2023
• First, the good stuff: These blasters have a range of 300 feet, so tweens and teens will have tons of room to play, spread out, and ambush their friends during a round of laser tag.
  — Maya Polton, Parents, 7 Mar. 2024
• But, after the delivery, on the way back to Al-Rastan, the cousin took a minibus, and the vehicle was ambushed by regime troops.
  — Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2023
• Not wanting to get ambushed in the dark, Mattson decided to head for his truck.
  — Outdoor Life, 26 July 2023
• This remains about finding a way in, then ambushing the favorites along the way as the Padres did to the Mets and Dodgers two seasons ago.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Dec. 2023
• Oftentimes, fish use shadows to escape the heat of a hot July sun and to ambush prey.
  — Kristtine Fischer, Outdoor Life, 6 May 2020
• Where Mailer liked to butt into the big issues of his time head-on, Stone was more inclined to ambush them.
  — Charles Baxter, Harper's Magazine, 27 Apr. 2020
• Now traveling alone, he’s ambushed by thieves who leave him for dead.
  — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Oct. 2023
• That changed in the sixth, when Lynn made his lone mistake: An inside fastball that Cruz was waiting to ambush.
  — Phil Miller, Star Tribune, 19 July 2021
• With two outs, Carpenter ambushed a first-pitch sinker — located over the middle of the strike zone — for a 3-0 lead.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 31 Aug. 2023
• Just as the Wolverines were on the brink of overtaking Illinois in the second half of their 88-73 loss Thursday, the Illini ambushed them.
  — Rainer Sabin, Detroit Free Press, 19 Jan. 2024
• What has become apparent, Gable said, is that wolves prefer to ambush and eat beavers than to try to chase moose and their calves.
  — Star Tribune, 2 Aug. 2020
• Now we are left worrying: What else is amiss that could ambush us later?
  — Pat Kapowich, The Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2024
• The octopi also use these shells — or sometimes coconuts, hence their name — to hide in, waiting to ambush their prey.
  — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 18 Nov. 2022
• Cars littered with bullet holes off the side of the road where Hamas ambushed Israelis in their cars and executed them.
  — ABC News, 15 Oct. 2023
• Colombia ambushed Germany in the group stage, signaling a warning to the English.
  — Frank Dell'apa, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2023
• But they were quickly ambushed by a man later identified by Umphenour, who allegedly opened fire at them in the ambulance bay.
  — Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2024

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ambush

2 of 2 noun

• Many soldiers were killed in the ambush.
• The soldiers were lying in ambush, waiting for the enemy to approach.
• The brother of her cousin’s wife went on a run the morning of the ambush, and was killed.
  — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2023
• The search for the tunnel had been spurred by an ambush on Friday.
  — Raf Sanchez, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2023
• The first flashback brings us back to Mike (Jonathan Banks) out in the desert with Saul after the cartel ambush.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022
• In an email sent a week before the ambush, things seemed to be turning around for Kurpasi.
  — Kevin Maurer, Rolling Stone, 27 June 2023
• Authorities have said that at least some of the victims were sleeping at the start of the ambush.
  — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 3 Nov. 2023
• Alex Hamzy, who police say were shot to death in an ambush by a man armed with a weapon that rapidly fired 80 rounds.
  — Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 9 Dec. 2022
• An ambush of tigers waited, guns drawn, for the stagecoach to enter the mountain pass.
  — J. C. Duffy, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2023
• Read Next Pregnant mom shot to death in ‘ambush,’ Colorado cops say.
  — Paloma Chavez, Sacramento Bee, 1 Mar. 2024
• The ambush also happens in the game, but all of this occurred in Pittsburgh, not Kansas City.
  — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 27 Feb. 2023
• This set depicts the sneaky ambush of the Sauron army, featuring a pirate ship with three sails and even a dragon.
  — Mark Stock, Men's Health, 7 Sep. 2022
• The two were set to be married before she was injured in the ambush by the sheep farmers that also killed her father.
  — Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 5 Feb. 2023
• The second time came a few weeks later during an ambush in that dense palm thicket.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 2 July 2023
• Kevin Johnson, 37, was put to death Nov. 29 for the ambush killing of a Kirkwood, Mo., police officer.
  — Jim Salter, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Jan. 2023
• The deputies were serving a warrant at the home at around 7:45 p.m. Thursday when they were attacked in what Owens described as an ambush.
  — Landon Mion, Fox News, 10 Sep. 2022
• Then watched the ambush from nearby and called Suero to confirm the hit had been carried out, prosecutors said.
  — Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 1 Aug. 2022
• The mission of Lt. Maksym’s platoon was to prepare an ambush along the dirt road fringed by the forest on one side and a field of chest-high sunflowers on the other.
  — Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ, 17 Aug. 2022
• But some of it was out of ambush or rebellion or sabotage.
  — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2023
• Voice messages revealed the heart-wrenching moments and chaos after the ambush.
  — CBS News, 7 Sep. 2023
• Another, much smaller and less deadly, ambush took place not far from this site.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 July 2023
• The alleged ambush that killed Parker stemmed from a feud between him and Quitiana Taylor, who's one of the suspects in the capital murder case.
  — Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 30 Sep. 2023
• Last week, at least 17 soldiers were killed and 20 injured during an ambush by jihadis.
  — Sam Mednick, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2023
• The whales typically hunt in packs and ambush larger prey like seals, other whales, and sea lions.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 1 Mar. 2024
• More families are expected to take the heart-wrenching private tours in the coming weeks, as well as some of the 17 people who were wounded in the ambush.
  — Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 7 July 2023
• The moment of ambush amidst a blur of evasion, this action photo captures high-speed hunting of sardines by mahi mahi fish.
  — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
• So police originally said the shooting was an ambush that the police showed up.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 14 July 2022
• Niger was the site of one of the deadliest encounters for U.S. forces in Africa in recent years, an ambush by extremists in 2017 that left four soldiers dead.
  — Time, 27 July 2023
• At least 36 Nigerian soldiers were killed and seven more wounded in the ambush and the crash of a helicopter sent to the scene, the military said Thursday.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 18 Aug. 2023
• Mountain lions make up for their limited stamina by hunting from ambush; waiting for deer to move closer, or inching close to make a short, quick burst of speed to put them in killing range.
  — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 28 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024