Escape means To get free; to free oneself. This page lists 20 example sentences from real texts, plus synonyms like avoid or leak.

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Escape in a sentence

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Escape meaning

  1. To get free; to free oneself.
  2. To avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from.
  3. To avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment.

Synonyms of Escape

get away go forth avoid break loose dodging run outflow leakage leak recreation diversion escapism running away flight discharge

Escape in Dutch

ontsnappen aan ontgaan

Example sentences (20)

Agabo earned one point for an escape with 1:40 left in the third period, then added two points for a takedown.

Acting warden Howard Holland said that an investigation into the escape was being conducted by the state attorney’s office.

After about six years, he managed to escape and ended up in France where he entered the priesthood.

After committing the act, Branker made good his escape, and the victim sought help from neighbours.

Alex Sandham, sales and marketing director at Escape Live, said: “We are excited to officially launch of the search for our new CEO.

Alex told The Sun he had been with them both just two days before Alex's escape at the Cafe des Sports in Chalabre, southern France.

After being captured by the Germans on the island of Crete, Passfield made eight escape attempts.

After defeating the Second Sister, Cal is met by Vader and stands absolutely no chance and is left having to run and escape his grasp.

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After making a narrow escape, Chirico goes on the run to discover the truth behind his mission.

A good Samaritan neighbour has been hailed a hero for helping three people escape from a burning home in a frantic early morning rescue.

Although it appears to simply be an escape pod on first viewing in Star Trek: First Contact, the Borg Sphere is a ship in its own right.

In the latter case an escape sequence is a digraph consisting of an escape character itself and a "quoted" character.

For those not in the know, visitors to an escape room must solve a series of puzzles and challenges to escape, or win.

After trying all season long to escape their interdimensional prison, Stiles is saved by his friends who force themselves to remember him.

It is said that President Abraham Lincoln used to escape to the highlands on summer nights to escape the river's stench.

You’ll have to work as a team to escape the real-life mysteries at Fort Worth Escape on West Magnolia Avenue.

According to CBS News, within 15 seconds of getting out of their car, officers shot Adams in the back as he tried to escape between two cars.

They also provide the perfect winter escape if you need a minute to escape reality and your day-to-day life.

The thriller movie “Escape Room” is about a group of people chosen to go through an immersive escape room game experience.

In many programming languages, an escape character also forms some escape sequences which are referred to control characters.

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Common combinations with escape

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Frequently asked questions

How do you use "escape" in a sentence?
An example: "Agabo earned one point for an escape with 1:40 left in the third period, then added two points for a takedown." This page contains 20 example sentences with the word "escape" from real English texts.
What does "escape" mean?
Escape means: To get free; to free oneself.
What are synonyms of "escape"?
Common synonyms of "escape" include: get away, go forth, avoid, break loose, dodging, run, outflow, leakage. Plus 7 more synonyms.
What is "escape" in Dutch?
"escape" translates to Dutch as: ontsnappen aan, ontgaan.
How many example sentences with "escape" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 20 example sentences with "escape", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.

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