narrow escape
Example Sentences
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Buoyed by that narrow escape, Paul then held to love to go 6-5 up, and suddenly the pressure was all on the 24-year-old from Buenos Aires, playing in his first ATP final.
From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026
For Mr Cook, the experience was "terrifying" and it made him want to get out of Luang Prabang, "although everyone's really friendly here", because it was a constant reminder of his narrow escape.
From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025
Hers begins with her family’s narrow escape from an occupied village west of Kyiv in the early days of the war.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
There are some marvelous set pieces, including an extended sequence on a claustrophobic boat and a narrow escape from an apartment that ratchet up the tension.
From Salon • Apr. 5, 2024
Here she is, merely twenty years old and thousands of miles from the pastures of France, washing out the dressings of lepers and awful miscarriages, yet she’s electrified by my narrow escape.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
