Example Sentences

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The particles looked like they were "escaping the Moon", he said.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

“The last time we took this highway, we were escaping death,” Abu Warda said, his hands straining against the rope as he tightened it once more.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 12, 2025

And a subsequent screening he met several audience members who said they were from Mariupol and that their relatives were escaping the sieged city at the same time he was.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 23, 2023

When he left Brovary for Lviv on March 6, he drove two women and a 2-year-old boy who were escaping Kyiv for a more secure region.

From New York Times • Mar. 8, 2022

I can bring up his face in my mind, but only because my mom had a picture of him in her shoebox while we were escaping Iran.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri