Curtis started, to what you have called waylay him in the avenue. From Wordnik.com. [Lord Kilgobbin] Reference
They switched their car's headlights off and drove along another street to "waylay" the police vehicle. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Beth stood at the back-gate waiting to waylay Sammy. From Wordnik.com. [The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius] Reference
He suspected a plot to waylay me, too late to warn me. From Wordnik.com. [Round Anvil Rock A Romance] Reference
The idea had been to waylay her before she joined Vane. From Wordnik.com. [Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera'] Reference
The fair maidens try to waylay them and break these pipes. From Wordnik.com. [Birdseye Views of Far Lands] Reference
If she could waylay Alicia as she came in, so much the better. From Wordnik.com. [Jane Allen: Right Guard] Reference
It is possible Priam will have more assassins out to waylay me. From Wordnik.com. [Shield of Thunder]
Julia was waiting outside the study to waylay Sulla as he left. From Wordnik.com. [The First Man in Rome]
About May 18, 1884, was discovered a plot to waylay and harm Apostle. From Wordnik.com. [Mormon Settlement in Arizona A Record of Peaceful Conquest of the Desert] Reference
“I decided to watch for new guys, and waylay them, and warn them.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Hard Way]
"But you were, old man — skulking around alleys trying to waylay me.". From Wordnik.com. [Tender Rebel]
Sometimes I waylay her when she is leaving after school, and try my best. From Wordnik.com. [Prudence of the Parsonage] Reference
Governor would go out on that day for recreation, proceeded to waylay him. From Wordnik.com. [Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas] Reference
A hundred times his brother urged him to waylay her and press his own suit. From Wordnik.com. [The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig] Reference
Browne conceives it to be a capital idea to waylay this boy and interview him. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873] Reference
The need of the moment from their point of view was to waylay the returning Barraclough. From Wordnik.com. [Men of Affairs] Reference
All went well that day, and no sight or sound had they of the enemy waiting to waylay them. From Wordnik.com. [The Lord of the Rings]
My transport would give out; my men would desert me; brigands would waylay and rob my caravan. From Wordnik.com. [A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia] Reference
If you can intercept her before she gets there, or waylay her when she leaves, why there you are. From Wordnik.com. [The Slave of Silence] Reference
He prevented the besieged from leaving their walls; he sent out parties to waylay the supplies the. From Wordnik.com. [Four American Indians King Philip, Pontiac, Tecumseh, Osceola] Reference
Certainly some power seems to lay traps for our wills at times, and waylay us when they are off duty. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873] Reference
Outside in the hall he encounters Sir Penthony, who has been lingering there with intent to waylay him. From Wordnik.com. [Molly Bawn] Reference
Mohammad would not send fifty or sixty persons to waylay a caravan guarded by two or three hundred armed men. From Wordnik.com. [A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihád' Showing that all the Wars of Mohammad Were Defensive; and that Aggressive War, or Compulsory Conversion, is not Allowed in The Koran - 1885] Reference
"The only place they are apt to use to waylay the coach will be along the ledge mentioned by the storekeeper.". From Wordnik.com. [Jack Wright and His Electric Stage; or, Leagued Against the James Boys] Reference
The central issue in Norfolk: If you try to waylay and rob a ship at sea but you don't succeed are you still a pirate?. From Wordnik.com. [Who's a Pirate? In Court, A Duel Over Definitions] Reference
There was always a knot of suppliants under the "poor people's tree," ready to waylay him when he came out of the porch. From Wordnik.com. [Heroes of Modern Europe] Reference
This early flip-flopping provoked some uncomfortable headlines, but it did not seem to waylay Gingrich on his basic course. From Wordnik.com. [Twists And Turns On The Road Rightward] Reference
An hour later, when she had conquered herself and was coming slowly down the staircase, she found Malcom waiting to waylay her. From Wordnik.com. [Barbara's Heritage Young Americans Among the Old Italian Masters] Reference
There was, in fact, no predetermination on the part of Mohammad either to waylay the caravan, or encounter the Koreish army at Badr. From Wordnik.com. [A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihád' Showing that all the Wars of Mohammad Were Defensive; and that Aggressive War, or Compulsory Conversion, is not Allowed in The Koran - 1885] Reference
"And, Reggie, you are not to come to our house any more; you are never to write me letters; you are not to waylay me in the streets.". From Wordnik.com. [Mrs. Day's Daughters] Reference
Issuing directions, he cautions against the cannibal who used to waylay travellers on the road ( "but don't worry, he was dealt with"). From Wordnik.com. [A life in writing: James Robertson] Reference
A Spanish warship caught seven Somali pirates red-handed in early August, men who had been trying to waylay a Norwegian chemical tanker. From Wordnik.com. [Who's a Pirate? In Court, A Duel Over Definitions] Reference
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