escapist
Example Sentences
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Typically the Biennale is an escapist refuge where dozens of countries show off their homegrown artists in pavilions and palazzos citywide.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
Enjoy the escapist refreshment, is what she's saying.
From Salon • May 31, 2025
Keyworth, from Aberystwyth, thinks plenty of people can relate to using escapist TV to cope with tough times - as her character did with Caesar.
From BBC • May 25, 2025
From there it’s an escapist date of air hockey, carnival rides and, once they settle in a fancy hotel room, the sharing of a sensitive new song.
From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2025
Whatever else Beethoven’s music may have been, it was certainly not intended to be escapist.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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Allen Toussaint (1938-2015) Tribute List
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"The Americans: Reconstruction to the 21st Century," Vocabulary from Chapter 15
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