How to Use escape in a Sentence
- She moved to the city to escape the memory of her mother's death.
- She barely escaped death when her car slid off the road.
- They managed to escape from the burning building.
- He needed a vacation to escape the routine of daily life.
- He succeeded in escaping punishment for many years.
- A few passengers somehow escaped injury.
- Several passengers escaped without injury.
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By the next day, both had escaped.
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Samantha Agate,
Kansas City Star,
30 Mar. 2026
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No one will be able to escape the pain of this.
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John Ramos,
CBS News,
4 Mar. 2026
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Kara didn't just escape, though.
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Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
24 June 2026
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Our souls slide from our mouths and escape down the street.
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Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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They got caught up in a storm and were too young to escape.
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Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Sep. 2025
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This way, if a burn escapes, it can be dealt with right away.
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Eleanor McCrary,
USA TODAY,
8 June 2023
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The Rangers’ ace escaped each jam.
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Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
3 June 2026
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Two 12-year-old girls escaped the fire.
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Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
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Ready to escape a career that no longer fits?
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Caroline Castrillon,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Stray bits of hair escaped my ponytail and stung my eyes.
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Literary Hub,
14 May 2026
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If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help.
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Nc Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Apr. 2026
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If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help.
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Nc Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
1 Sep. 2025
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If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help.
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Nc Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
19 June 2026
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If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help.
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Nc Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
18 June 2026
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If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help.
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Nc Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
5 June 2026
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If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help.
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Nc Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Sep. 2025
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If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help.
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Nc Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
3 June 2026
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If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help.
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Nc Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
15 Apr. 2026
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If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help.
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Nc Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Apr. 2026
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If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help.
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Nc Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Oct. 2025
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If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help.
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Nc Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
21 Sep. 2025
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If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help.
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Nc Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Oct. 2025
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If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help.
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Nc Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Oct. 2025
- The door was locked; there was no escape.
- She had a lucky escape when she wasn't injured in the accident.
- She managed to avoid serious injury, but it was a narrow escape.
- Gardening offered an escape from her busy life.
- He celebrated his escape from his boring job with a long vacation.
- The prisoners attempted a daring escape.
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There is no escape for the likes of us.
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Jason Roeder,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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There would be no escape for her.
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Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
25 Sep. 2025
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This time, there was no escape.
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Ava Wallace,
New York Times,
1 June 2026
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But still, there was no escape from the vote.
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Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Sep. 2025
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Young adult books were my escape to life over the bridge.
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Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
7 May 2026
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Then a call came telling him the escape plan was ready.
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Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Jan. 2026
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The sport he was drawn to, though, gave him an escape.
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Dan Pompei,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
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The next inning, there would be no such escape.
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Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2026
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His colony of fire ants was plotting an escape.
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Katherine Laidlaw,
HubSpot,
19 Sep. 2025
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The guard who was on duty at the time of his escape was fired.
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Daniel Arkin,
NBC News,
13 Sep. 2023
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Want to design your own escape plan?
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Caroline Castrillon,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The house is a world she’s made for herself as an escape.
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Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
28 June 2026
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Then there’s how his illness led him to find escape in movies.
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Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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And that's where an easy, nearby escape comes in handy.
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Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Mar. 2026
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Sad numbers are thus trapped in a loop from which there is no escape.
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Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
10 Jan. 2026
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Want a less crowded spring break escape?
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Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
12 Apr. 2026
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My escape from all the crazies in the world is a good sci-fi book.
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Boris Kachka,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Oct. 2023
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For him, the garden is an escape.
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Quil Lawrence,
NPR,
2 June 2026
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Hand warmers, shoe spikes, and a car escape tool all made the list.
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Merrell Readman,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Jan. 2024
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Who doesn’t love a warm-weather escape?
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Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Apr. 2026
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In space, there is no air to blow across hot equipment and help heat escape.
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Sven Bilén,
The Conversation,
16 June 2026
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This part of the state feels like a true escape while still being close to home.
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Abby Price,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Sep. 2025
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Point Reyes may provide the best escape from the heat.
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Anthony Edwards,
San Francisco Chronicle,
17 Mar. 2026
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His escape did not go as smoothly as the others.
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Danny Makki,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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