How do you use Ambushed in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Ambushed in a sentence
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Ambushed meaning
simple past and past participle of ambush
Using Ambushed
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of ambush
- In the example corpus, ambushed often appears in combinations such as: ambushed by, was ambushed, ambushed and.
Context around Ambushed
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 10 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ambushed
- In this selection, "ambushed" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, brutally, officers, hoodlums and two stand out and add context to how "ambushed" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after being ambushed by afghan and after being ambushed the regime. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ambushed" sits close to words such as adored, afterlife and approves, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ambushed
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
After being ambushed, the regime forces fled back. (8 words)
However, he is ambushed by the Alien Task Force and the show ends on a cliffhanger. (16 words)
It stated that Odoh was ambushed while returning to Abakaliki after the party’s campaign outing. (16 words)
According to police, Gioser Luís Feliz, his father Sergio Luis Feliz Mancebo, a relative and a family friend had left Santiago’s Cibao International Airport on Wednesday and were heading to a nearby province when they were ambushed by armed men. (41 words)
It is the same crack team of firearms experts who shot dead doomsday preppers Gareth Train, his wife Stacey and brother Nathaniel on December 4 after the trio fatally ambushed two officers at their booby-trapped property. (37 words)
Another deleted scene showed the Stormtroopers being ambushed by the Wampas while attacking Echo Base, and there's even a hint that this could be canon as well because of how the new story ends. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
According to police, Gioser Luís Feliz, his father Sergio Luis Feliz Mancebo, a relative and a family friend had left Santiago’s Cibao International Airport on Wednesday and were heading to a nearby province when they were ambushed by armed men.
After being ambushed, the regime forces fled back.
After bonding with the young daughter in his charge (Fanning), Washington's character is brutally ambushed and left for dead by a cartel of kidnappers, who abduct the girl for her ransom insurance.
Another deleted scene showed the Stormtroopers being ambushed by the Wampas while attacking Echo Base, and there's even a hint that this could be canon as well because of how the new story ends.
As the X-Men celebrate with Lilandra, Empress of the Shi'ar, they are ambushed and captured by the villainous Deathbird.
At one point, they took up position in an abandoned house, only to realize that they’d been ambushed.
At the Four Courts along the Liffey a troop from the 5 Lancers was ambushed by Daly’s men, who were the first engage wi British troops.
Audi said this when presenting bank cheques by Mining Development Company Limited to the next of kin of late officers ambushed and killed by terrorists in Birnin Gwari on Thursday in Kaduna.
But as he entered the neighborhood with two other officers and a soldier, he was ambushed by gunfire from a second-floor window.
But not long after the celebration, the couple was faced with their first run-in with death as Mr. and Mrs. Severide when their honeymoon was ambushed.
Chinyere was killed in an exchange of crossfire when armed hoodlums ambushed them at Ihitte junction in the Ngor Okpala Local Government Area on Owerri- Aba Road while on a duty on January 26.
Edge stepped in when the Damian Priest and Dominik Mysterio ambushed The American Nightmare, prompting Beth Phoenix to appear and prove another point to Rhea Ripley.
Exactly a month later, four soldiers lost their lives when terrorists ambushed two Army vehicles in the Dera Ki Gali area in Rajouri district on December 21.
Four American citizens who were ambushed and kidnapped have been found - two of them alive and two dead, according to officials.
He said the vigilante ambushed the bandits and neutralised four of them while on their way to Zamfara State.
However, he is ambushed by the Alien Task Force and the show ends on a cliffhanger.
Initially, it had been claimed by the US Army that Tillman had been killed by enemy fire after being ambushed by Afghan forces.
I think it is a gradual process; it is not something he can do instantly because the governor has been ambushed.
It is the same crack team of firearms experts who shot dead doomsday preppers Gareth Train, his wife Stacey and brother Nathaniel on December 4 after the trio fatally ambushed two officers at their booby-trapped property.
It stated that Odoh was ambushed while returning to Abakaliki after the party’s campaign outing.
Common combinations with ambushed
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- ambushed by 60×
- was ambushed 45×
- ambushed and 32×
- were ambushed 28×
- ambushed the 15×
- are ambushed 12×
- is ambushed 12×
- ambushed in 10×
- being ambushed 9×
- and ambushed 6×