escape

Example Sentences

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On early spring nights in rural Hydesville, New York, the chill dampness from Mud Creek seeped into a person’s bones should a foot, or a finger, escape thick layers of homemade quilts.

From Literature

Regrets, he had a few, but then again, not too few to escape mention.

From The Wall Street Journal

The staffers trapped on the roof would run down the fire escape, then scale a wall at the back.

From BBC

"As long as South Korea cannot escape the geopolitical conditions of having a border with us, the only way to live safely is to give up everything related to us and leave us alone."

From Barron's

Whatever the reason for the escape from Monday’s depths, Harry Houdini has nothing on the Nasdaq Composite.

From Barron's