escape
verb (used without object)
to slip or get away, as from confinement or restraint; gain or regain liberty.
has been escaping
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present perfect progressiveof escape (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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And some of it has been escaping into new worlds, as with Divergent author Veronica Roth taking readers into another post-apocalypse with her new novel Chosen Ones.
From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2020
The flow of gas was so heavy that it clogged his drills with maltha and sand, and from then to now the gas has been escaping.
From The New North by Agnes Deans Cameron
Gas has been escaping during many years from hundreds of wells in the Pennsylvania, Ohio Valley, Oklahoma, Texas, and California oil fields.
From Conservation Reader by Harold W. (Harold Wellman) Fairbanks
Hold on a minute!" he cried; "before lighting this match, let us see if the gas has been escaping.
From All Around the Moon by Edward Roth
