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View definitions for escaping

escaping

noun as in breakout

noun as in escapement

noun as in flight

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Example Sentences

Unfortunately, the underground tunnels that were used to transport booze and, if necessary, escaping patrons, are off-limits.

The return of Stephen Glass, the truth about Anonymous and escaping Jonestown.

How is he dealing with both parts of his life escaping his grip?

I arrived in Canada after escaping Saudi Arabia via Cairo and Beirut.

“It was pure horror,” he said after escaping and seeking counseling.

On a small scale map, in an office, you may make mole-hills of mountains; on the ground there's no escaping from its features.

He had approached Joseph with the idea of learning something about the escaping criminals.

At the third charge he routed them, slaying or taking many; St John, however, escaping.

This movement prevented Cornwallis from either receiving British enforcements or from escaping out to sea.

The daughter of Madame Roland succeeded in escaping the fury of the tyrants of the Revolution.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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