narrow escape
Example Sentences
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Buoyed by that narrow escape, Paul then held to love to go 6-5 up, and suddenly the pressure was all on the 24-year-old from Buenos Aires, playing in his first ATP final.
From Barron's ● Apr. 5, 2026
Firstly, fourth seed Djokovic had a narrow escape when he recklessly cracked a ball close to a ball girl during his third-round win over Botic van de Zandschulp.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2026
Hers begins with her family’s narrow escape from an occupied village west of Kyiv in the early days of the war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2025
The duo only made a narrow escape, running from an Alpha in a heart-pounding chase sequence that boasts breathtaking experimental camerawork from Boyle.
From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2025
And despite the fact that the figure seemed to run away from us, she is also sure that we made a narrow escape from certain death.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
