escaping
Example Sentences
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For the student escaping his work, the assignment should wait for him; acting out no longer gets him out of it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
A child escaping a math worksheet doesn’t care whether he leaves on a suspension slip or in a restorative circle; either way, the worksheet is gone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Thousands of people, many of them elderly, were escaping the heat in evacuation shelters.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
Officials evacuated the entire Cap Ferret peninsula on the south-west coast, with hundreds escaping by boat after flames swept through the popular tourist destination.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Dad rubs my back with one hand while I wipe away the single tear escaping down my cheek.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
