waylaid in English

verb
1
stop or interrupt (someone) and detain them in conversation or trouble them in some other way.
he waylaid me on the stairs

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1. The patrol was waylaid by bandits.

2. I'm sorry, Nick, I got waylaid.

3. The trucks are being waylaid by bandits.

4. I got waylaid on my way here.

5. It seems as if he has been waylaid.

6. Was that Rooster waylaid us night before last?

7. Thousands of passengers were waylaid by the airline strike.

8. He waylaid me with a request for a loan.

9. Even the most experienced of sailors get waylaid in Tobermory.

10. Don't get waylaid putting stuff back into other rooms until the end.

11. Soldiers had waylaid Postumus..., stunned him with a sandbag..., and carried him off.

12. Klavdia Vavilova, a Red Army cavalry Commissar, is waylaid by an unexpected pregnancy

13. Her father waylaid Barre-to her chagrin-and boasted about his daughter's talent.

14. Synonyms for Buttonholed include grabbed, accosted, caught, detained, waylaid, waylayed, hailed, addressed, addrest and approached

15. Synonyms for Ambushed include ambuscaded, ensnared, trapped, waylaid, waylayed, attacked, entrapped, bushwhacked, surprised and assailed

16. The simplest thing I try to plan gets waylaid I can't even plan a weekend away.

17. March's earthquake and tsunami in Japan, for example, waylaid companies that relied on components made of polysilicon.

18. The minister gets waylaid by members of the congregation who want to discuss urgent matters or exchange pleasantries.

19. If he was briefly waylaid by the hippie years, he quickly put the master plan back into action.

20. 11 If he was briefly waylaid by the hippie years, he quickly put the master plan back into action.

21. The son of a caretaker who had annoyed them was waylaid by four of them and bludgeoned to death.

22. On a humid Monday, four cult members waited at the campus gate and waylaid a professor driving a red Mercedes.

23. It seems to me that he was waylaid and killed round about a quarter or half of the hour past six.

24. ALPHONSO AND MARINA JEAN-PIERRE CLARIS DE FLORIAN Without knowing wherefore, I have been waylaid and outraged by Bravoes and ruffians

25. Ambushed 'Ambushed' is a 8 letter word starting with A and ending with D Crossword clues for 'Ambushed' Clue Answer; Set upon, waylaid (8) Ambushed: Synonyms, crossword answers and other related words for Ambushed We hope that the following list of synonyms for the word Ambushed will help you to finish your crossword today

26. Question: "Why did God command the extermination / genocide of the Canaanites, women and children included?" Answer: In 1 Samuel 15:2-3, God commanded Saul and the Israelites, “This is what the LORD Almighty says: 'I will punish the Amalekites for what they did to Israel when they waylaid them as they came up from Egypt