WAYLAY in a Sentence

Learn WAYLAY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

Example sentences for WAYLAY, such as:

1. I must go up the road and waylay him.
2. waylay their game near the paths that lead to them.
3. They agreed to waylay their victim as he passed through the dark alley going home.
4. He waylays the smaller boys to punch their unprotected heads, and calls challenges after me in the open streets.

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 Meanings and Examples of WAYLAY
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waylay
 v.  lie in wait for and attack from ambush; wait in hiding to attack; intercept unexpectedly
Classic Sentence:
1  I must go up the road and waylay him.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII.
2  waylay their game near the paths that lead to them.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 12
3  He waylays the smaller boys to punch their unprotected heads, and calls challenges after me in the open streets.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 18. A RETROSPECT
Example Sentence:
1  They agreed to waylay their victim as he passed through the dark alley going home.