When the guard opened the door the inmate escaped. From LearnThat.org.
Verb (used without object) : to escape from jail. ,The words escaped from memory. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : He escaped the police. ,She escaped capture. ,Her reply escapes me. From Dictionary.com.
Noun : We used the tunnel as an escape. ,She reads mystery stories as an escape. From Dictionary.com.
Adjective : an escape route. From Dictionary.com.
The significance of the expansion of the title escaped the greater number of Mr. Darwin's readers. From Wordnik.com. [Luck or Cunning?] Reference
The name escaped him almost without his knowledge. From Wordnik.com. [The Native Born or, the Rajah's People] Reference
'I beg your pardon,' he cried; 'the name escaped me. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
He never knew; for not another word escaped her lips. From Wordnik.com. [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen] Reference
He certainly checked himself as the word escaped him. From Wordnik.com. [The Law and the Lady] Reference
The word escaped Priscilla like a cry of glad response. From Wordnik.com. [The Place Beyond the Winds] Reference
Then, however, he became pale and not a word escaped him. From Wordnik.com. [The Rover Boys Under Canvas or The Mystery of the Wrecked Submarine] Reference
She trembled from head to foot; but not a word escaped her. From Wordnik.com. [The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 Volume 23, Number 5] Reference
The expression escaped her in the excitement of the moment. From Wordnik.com. [Madame Roland, Makers of History] Reference
The word escaped with the peculiar rising inflection of the. From Wordnik.com. [North of Fifty-Three] Reference
In the intense suspense of the moment the word escaped Loder. From Wordnik.com. [The Masquerader] Reference
Not a word escaped him, not a sigh rose from his deep breast. From Wordnik.com. [The Man in the Iron Mask] Reference
She saw him coming, and his name escaped her with a cry of joy. From Wordnik.com. [Strife and Peace] Reference
"Patty Vetch," but he checked himself before the name escaped him. From Wordnik.com. [One Man in His Time] Reference
Despite every attempt at conversation, not a word escaped his lips. From Wordnik.com. [The Wonder Island Boys: The Mysteries of the Caverns] Reference
English prisoner escaped from the Spanish camp, and brought advice to. From Wordnik.com. [An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 2] Reference
But fortunately not a word escaped between the boy's firmly-set teeth. From Wordnik.com. [The Peril Finders] Reference
"And you escaped from the French after the great battle?" said Mynheer. From Wordnik.com. [The Sun Of Quebec A Story of a Great Crisis] Reference
Perhaps I was provoked, and the word escaped me before I could stop it. From Wordnik.com. [The Legacy of Cain] Reference
The word escaped Joan and found its way to Thornton's sympathy at last. From Wordnik.com. [The Shield of Silence] Reference
Not a word escaped from the white figure, but it solemnly waved its hand. From Wordnik.com. [Frank and Fearless or The Fortunes of Jasper Kent] Reference
The word escaped him, he afterwards said, in 'the heat of improvisation.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Liberation of Italy] Reference
Next day the weary march began again; scarcely a word escaped the Emperor. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.)] Reference
Not a word escaped him, not even the date, nor the names of the witnesses. From Wordnik.com. [By Berwen Banks] Reference
Not a word escaped him about Davoust, still manfully struggling at Hamburg. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 2 of 2)] Reference
But Kuni's hearing had been as keen as a bird's, and not a word escaped her. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works] Reference
Not a word escaped her; she waited gravely to hear what the gentlemen wanted. From Wordnik.com. [Little Novels] Reference
At supper not a word escaped him, and he would not go with her to the meeting. From Wordnik.com. [Moody's Anecdotes And Illustrations Related in his Revival Work by the Great Evangilist] Reference
Not a word escaped him, relating to national character or to the beauties of Nature. From Wordnik.com. [Heart and Science A Story of the Present Time] Reference
The moment that the word escaped, I felt his retort in the air, but he restrained it. From Wordnik.com. [Historical Miniatures] Reference
Not a word escaped his lips; a deep sigh burst from the pent-up boiler of his remorse. From Wordnik.com. [Aunt Phillis's Cabin Or, Southern Life As It Is] Reference
The word escaped her almost mechanically, but she felt a warm flush pass over her face. From Wordnik.com. [The Day of Judgment] Reference
Not a word escaped her, nor could they tell why -- they did not dare to question her then. From Wordnik.com. [The Crisis — Volume 05] Reference
"He!" cried Michael Strogoff, from whom the word escaped with a fury he could not conquer. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Strogoff Or, The Courier of the Czar] Reference
Not a word escaped him respecting the thousand complicated matters with which he dealt at the. From Wordnik.com. [The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Volume 2] Reference
I am Flinter the Irishman, just escaped from the Basque provinces and the claws of Don Carlos. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible in Spain; or, the journeys, adventures, and imprisonments of an Englishman, in an attempt to circulate the Scriptures in the Peninsula] Reference
As the name escaped his lips, Clara appeared at the open yard door, and hurried into the room. From Wordnik.com. [The Frozen Deep] Reference
A 42-year-old Turkish man has escaped from a German prison through the clever use of a cardboa. From Wordnik.com. [*Shacknews* Games] Reference
A 42-year-old Turkish man has escaped from a German prison through the clever use of a cardboard. From Wordnik.com. [*Shacknews* Games] Reference
A 42-year-old Turkish man has escaped from a German prison through the clever use of a cardboard box. From Wordnik.com. [*Shacknews* Games] Reference
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