How to Use escape room in a Sentence

escape room

noun
  • There’s top golf, escape rooms, a carousel, go-karts, and more.
    — Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Heater returned to his day-to-day life at the escape room.
    — Robin Romm, The Atlantic, 2 May 2026
  • Though there are puzzles, this isn’t akin to an escape room with a fail state.
    — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2024
  • But in a twist for an escape room, there is no clock and no real way to lose.
    — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Concerts, speakeasies and escape rooms have played with the format, too.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2023
  • There are even two escape rooms (that do cost an additional point).
    — Stefanie Waldek, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Many games have tried to bring the escape room concept to the tabletop, but these games do the best job by far.
    — Keith Law, Vulture, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Gaming when by themselves and escape rooms when made to do so by Chiarella.
    — Arushi Jacob, Variety, 19 June 2026
  • What happens in the Saw escape room does not stay in the Saw escape room.
    — Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 1 Oct. 2023
  • All of this makes this escape room experience stand out from the others.
    — Beth Lipoff, Kansas City Star, 12 Mar. 2025
  • As for the escape room challenge, there was no clear winner, which is probably just as well.
    — Tyler Kepner, The Athletic, 23 Aug. 2024
  • The new venue, which had its grand opening on Wednesday, features nine themed escape rooms.
    — Hector Amezcua, Sacbee.com, 18 Dec. 2025
  • In these games the focus can instead be on parkour, role-playing, escape rooms and hide-and-seek.
    — Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Older groups can amp up the Halloween theme by opting for a haunted or scary escape room.
    — Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 14 June 2023
  • The list is compiled of the 10 best ghost tours, Halloween theme parks, escape rooms and more.
    — Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • This is one of the five exciting escape rooms at Escape Hunt.
    — Vicki Salemi, Chron, 15 Apr. 2023
  • Fans will be tasked with solving puzzles and riddles in an escape room based on the businessman’s life.
    — Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 15 Oct. 2024
  • This is part of a larger trend of emotional escape rooms, says Sherman.
    — Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 June 2023
  • There is performance and rage, humor and babies, bell ringing and escape rooms.
    — Erica Firpo, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
  • The Nemesis Club is the 10th best escape room in the country.
    — Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • There's also a House of Terror escape room with keys, locks, riddles, clues and lights.
    — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Those lightly familiar with escape room challenges should be able to complete it without too much of a fuss.
    — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
  • An escape room, a deli and a day care are looking to expand operations in Naperville.
    — Suzanne Baker, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2023
  • True to her word, the pop star popped up in the escape room, offering a magical surprise to the lucky fans inside.
    — Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 15 Nov. 2023
  • If you were trapped in an escape room and had to team up with other mystery/thriller writers or their characters, who would make the cut?
    — Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2023
  • The Owls went paintballing last weekend and went to an escape room earlier this season.
    — Christina Huang, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Mar. 2026
  • These sessions are often compared to escape room games, bowling outings or team dinners.
    — Sam Sanders, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
  • That’s where Tiny Towns and this Clue escape room mystery come in (both can also be played in groups).
    — Clint Davis, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026
  • A lot of people don’t see working at an escape room as something worthy of being recognized.
    — Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The commercial significance of that idea stretches much wider than escape rooms alone.
    — Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026

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