escaping
- present participle of escape.
Example Sentences
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Appeared in the May 22, 2026, print edition as 'Natural Gas Is Escaping Into Thin Air'.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
Escaping Kidman’s gaze is only possible when she herself allows it to turn to the cherubic beauty of Harris Dickinson, who plays Samuel, an intern at Romy’s company.
From Salon • Dec. 23, 2024
Escaping to the Spanish coast for the summer used to sound like a dream.
From Washington Times • Sep. 26, 2023
Escaping unsafe conditions was cited as a major reason by half of those who have neither citizenship nor a green card and 6 in 10 of those from Central America.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2023
"The VAL is in the nose. Escaping air would make a thrust vector through our center of mass. We just need to point the ship directly away from where we want to go."
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
