escapologist

Example Sentences

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We asked Harry Nardi, a 24-year-old escapologist who was named after the performer.

From BBC • Nov. 17, 2023

Yet her portrait of this womanizing, "self-destroyed escapologist" is softened by her high regard for his lush language.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2016

There were other calamities, too, from which Bowie, ever the escapologist, managed to flee unscathed, and even with his reputation—or his catalogue of hits—enhanced.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 13, 2016

Houdini turned to debunking mediums in his middle age as his career as an escapologist went into decline.

From New York Times • Nov. 7, 2014

To use a word borrowed from theatre, it's truth that counts; and, unusually for a professional escapologist, he doesn't want to be put in a box.

From The Guardian • Mar. 1, 2013