waylaid
past simple and past participle ofwaylay
Examplesofwaylaid
waylaid
I shall try not to bewaylaidtoo frequently.
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I do not want to getwaylaid, but the debate is about churchwardens so the question is proper.
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Then these villains, once they werewaylaid, could be dealt with adequately for those attacks.
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We must not allow ourselves to bewaylaidinto thinking that preservation is the only satisfactory alternative.
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I shall try not to getwaylaidon that point, though.
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It is unhelpful to retreat into a knocking copy analysis that iswaylaidby arguments that any taxation is bad taxation, and that less taxation must be good.
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I am beingwaylaidinto irrelevancies.
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Through a series of flashbacks, he remembers that he waswaylaidon his way to the prom the night before.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Makijonek waswaylaiden route by an enemy fighter, and engaged it.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Their coach iswaylaidby a trap and the bandits direct them to the nearby inn.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Following the man, the commandos werewaylaidand were soon lost.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The rhinoceroses carrying the money iswaylaidby a man from the track, and the money is stolen.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Aswaylaidtravellers scrambled for other modes of transport, ferry and railway companies enjoyed an unexpected bonanza, while some car-hire firms were reportedly hiking charges.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They later help a wagon train of migrant evangelist settlers who have beenwaylaidby ruffians.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.On two occasions he waswaylaidby rogues.
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