échappé
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of échappé
< French, past participle of échapper to escape
Example Sentences
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The monotonous push and pull of the choreography grew tedious, as did the repetitive footwork that seemed to live by a rule: when in doubt, add an échappé.
From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2014
C'étoit un Servien échappé du bagne de Constantinople où il étoit prisonnier: il parut, pour la première fois, en habit de hussard à la cour.
From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6 by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley
There was a strange sort of soulagement in the conviction that we had, as my neighbors say, "échappé bien."
From On the Edge of the War Zone From the Battle of the Marne to the Entrance of the Stars and Stripes by Aldrich, Mildred
Si vous me permettez d'ajouter un seul mot qui vous prouvera que je l'ai lu avec attention, je vous signalerai un lapsus calami qui vous a échappé.
From Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II. by Laughton, John Knox
Ce tems passé, ils allèrent le chercher, et furent très surpris de le trouver mort, ils se souvinrent néanmoins qu'en entrant dans la rivière, il lui étoit échappé de dire qu'il finiroit la son voyage.
From The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) by Warburton, George
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