How to Use egress in a Sentence

egress

noun
  • The auditorium is designed to provide easy egress in an emergency.
  • Is installing an egress window worth the cost?
    — Ana Durrani, USA Today, 13 May 2026
  • Does an egress window add home value?
    — Ana Durrani, USA Today, 13 May 2026
  • There is no way out to the north, east or west, just a single egress route back through flames.
    — AZCentral.com, 23 July 2019
  • Schools are designed for safe egress in an emergency.
    — Scott Feuless, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
  • Schools are designed for safe egress in an emergency.
    — Scott Feuless, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
  • The building where the cars are stored is not a parking garage with easy access and egress.
    — Nina Metz, Boston Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Ingress and egress, which can take hours (and hours), was a simple as driving a few miles back to the paved road.
    — Katie Bain, Billboard, 10 Sep. 2021
  • The whole point of this design is not just to make ingress/egress easier for a rider.
    — New Atlas, 28 Nov. 2025
  • Rear doors swing out an unusual 90 degrees for easy ingress and egress.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 18 Nov. 2023
  • While the seats are upscale sturdy, ingress and egress are difficult.
    — James Raia, Mercury News, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Means of egress shall be maintained throughout the construction project.
    — USA TODAY, 1 July 2020
  • Is an egress window required for a basement bedroom?
    — Ana Durrani, USA Today, 13 May 2026
  • There is double-height egress with roll-up doors that will allow box trucks to deliver and take away goods.
    — J.k. Dineen, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Apr. 2018
  • Fitzgerald said that the house did have a second egress — indoor stairs on the side of the house that led outside.
    — Hartford Courant, 28 Aug. 2022
  • Network teams can allowlist the egress domains an agent is permitted to reach.
    — Janakiram Msv, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • The second-row jumps forward at the touch of a button, allowing easy ingress/egress.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 12 Feb. 2022
  • Power running boards and adjustable ride height contribute to easy ingress and egress.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 22 Aug. 2020
  • My own perception of feng shui revolts against the number of doors—that many egress routes can’t be restful.
    — Alexandra Lange, Curbed, 1 Nov. 2018
  • The traffic was stopped, as Pogue said trees toppled along the one ingress and egress thoroughfare.
    — Rusty Simmons, SFChronicle.com, 6 Sep. 2020
  • The back doors are narrow, making entry and egress more difficult.
    — Don Schroeder, Car and Driver, 29 May 2023
  • Why aren't all side entrances locked against unauthorized ingress and alarmed for emergency egress?
    — Mark Somerville, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Mar. 2018
  • Obviously there is a disconnect in the egress and ingress to and from our airport.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2019
  • That includes ingress and egress, concessions (all cashless) and lines for restrooms.
    — Anna Kuchment, Dallas News, 4 Apr. 2021
  • How long does egress window installation take?
    — Ana Durrani, USA Today, 13 May 2026
  • One key for improved ingress/egress will be getting more people cognizant of the northeast and southwest gates.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2022
  • The second-row seats also slide back and forth, giving third-row passengers smooth entry and egress.
    — Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica, 25 Oct. 2018
  • Because track is circled by two-lane state and county highways, entry and egress at all four gates will be hectic.
    — Dave Kallmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 May 2021
  • In all cases, Lombardi says, a better form of egress was supplied.
    — Pippa Biddle, The Atlantic, 25 Feb. 2018
  • Each 3-bedroom, bath-and-a-half home will have a basement with an egress and plumbed for future finishing.
    — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 July 2017

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