Example sentences for: getaway

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

  • A boat ride away from Vallarta, Yelapa offers a Robinson Crusoe–style getaway for day trips or overnight stays.

  • The paper mentions a case in which a robbery victim remembered the getaway car sported a tag with mountains on it, which would have ordinarily have been a great tip--except that 14 states now have plates like that.

  • The Jedi make their getaway, but with gas and tolls and droid destroyers, it takes them over an hour to land on Naboo, by which time the queen and the Galactic Senate have already got the grim message.

  • A Loyalist settlement dating from 1783 — groups of colonists were evacuated from Savannah and Charleston along with black slaves who escaped their owners — Green Turtle in recent years has become a getaway for the rich and famous.

  • Trying to plan a weekend getaway for our anniversary has been particularly trying, as his parents would be upset, and he refuses to lie to his parents about where he is going.


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