Martin Evans

I have always been interested - indeed, waylaid - by the leading edges of technology, even during my Ph.D. years when I pioneered (but did not publish) agarose gel electrophoresis for RNA fractionation. Also, much later, I was instrumental in showing that Green Fluorescent Protein and RNAi could be made to work in mammalian cells.

Welsh Scientist

Elijah Parish Lovejoy

If I have been guilty of no violation of law, why am I hunted up and down continually like a partridge upon the mountains? Why am I threatened with the tar barrel? Why am I waylaid every day, and from night to night, and my life in jeopardy every hour?

American Clergyman

Jason Robert Brown

When I started out, I wanted to be Billy Joel. The plan was to be a singer-songwriter of that ilk, and, then, I got waylaid - that's probably an unfair way to say it - from being a rock star by the musical theatre stuff, which I love doing.

American Musician

Pat Travers

We got a little waylaid along the way. The whole problem started about 10 years ago with management and legal battles, then still trying to make albums while I was doing all of that.

Canadian Musician

Sanjaya Baru

If wars were won by superior technology alone, the United States would not have been vanquished in Vietnam or waylaid in Afghanistan.

Indian Public Servant

Waylay often implies an unwanted or negative experience for the person being detained.

Negative Connotation

The detaining can be physical, as in being held back, but isn't always.

Physical Detainment

Waylay signifies an interruption that is usually unexpected.

Unexpected Interruption

Waylay, when used in an attack context, suggests danger or threat.

Associates With Danger

Attacking by waylay often involves prior planning or setting up an ambush.

Pre-Planned Action

Waylay can refer to causing a brief delay for a valid reason.

Causal Interruption

In non-violent contexts, waylay can be neutral, simply meaning to delay.

Not Always Negative

Waylay often occurs in impromptu or unplanned situations.

Impromptu Situations

 so I believe we live unfortunately my comms again are letting me down our little earpiece and so your piece thing is a bit of an issue because there's apparently a shipment that is supposed to be coming to South Africa that's been waylaid and I would imagine it's maybe

Safari Live - Day 31 PIPE...

 and threw a bucket of water at it. Presto! Then when we went to press, the printer put a spot gloss on the ink and it really looked like it was running. Not long after it came out, Augusten was waylaid in an airport and he was hiding out in the bookstore