escape

Example Sentences

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During a month of rehearsals before opening night, Mykkanen made exercising and walking through Central Park part of his ritual to escape from the opera's dark themes.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

Everyday golfers are usually thrilled—and surprised—if they are able to escape a bunker in one shot, let alone get the ball close enough to the hole for a one-putt to save par.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

“This is a terrific facility; it needs a lot of work, but no one has been known to escape from Alcatraz and survive.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

State visits are not an escape from problems, they often highlight them.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

They released me and I scrambled to my hands and knees to search for a way to escape, but I was surrounded.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff