Example sentences for: escaped

How can you use “escaped” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Which isn't at all to excuse or make apologies for slavery, of course, but only to argue that our collective memory needs to include men like Robert Harlan, Justice Harlan's half-brother (or cousin, depending on which biographer you believe), who was educated by his master, escaped to California, made a fortune in the gold fields, returned to Kentucky and bought his freedom, then moved to England to race horses.

  • When Jesus was born in about 4 b.c. , Joseph and Mary escaped Herod’s paranoia by fleeing into Egypt with the new-born infant.

  • (The terrorists, who identified themselves as Muslims fighting for Pakistani control of Kashmir, escaped on Dec. 31 after negotiating a deal with Indian authorities; to read

  • If that had happened, Ames might have escaped conviction.

  • But marathon soon escaped the arena of Olympic competition and sport.


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