Sentences with waylaid
way·laid
W w - The actor was waylaid by a swarm of admirers.
- D'Onofrio was less likely to be waylaid for autographs during his nearly two decades as a movie character actor.
- The outspoken actor had planned to rescue children waylaid by the deadly waters.
- In his home town, he is waylaid by fans, lectured by cab drivers and, in a twist, implicated in a heist that is not what it seems.
- Or, as in The Odyssey, the hero is on his way home to his wife but is constantly waylaid by sex and adventure.
- The writer's minders usually succeeded in getting him out of the way, but on one occasion he waylaid Dickens in his hotel.