Example sentences for: fled

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

  • "As the century's greatest thinker, as an immigrant who fled from oppression to freedom, as a political idealist, he best embodies" the century, says Time .

  • The man, a Vietnamese, is thought to have set up the display to anger certain of his neighboring retailers in the "Little Saigon" neighborhood, home to more than 200,000 Vietnamese Americans, many of whom fled to the U.S. just ahead of communist troops or only after being imprisoned by them for a few years.

  • At the news of Miller's threat, the State Department flew diplomatic security advisers to St. Kitts to reassure students; some of the young Americans fled home, and there were even rumors of a Grenada-like military strike to capture Miller.

  • (The NYT adds that some of these Jews had earlier fled Jerusalem to escape its heavily orthodox culture.)

  • A caustic piece reports that war has improved life in Belgrade: There are no traffic jams (because so many people have fled), and the crime rate has dropped (because all offenses are tried under martial law).


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