[
US
/ɪˈskeɪpt/
]
[ UK /ɛskˈeɪpt/ ]
[ UK /ɛskˈeɪpt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
having escaped, especially from confinement
searching for two escaped prisoners
criminals on the loose in the neighborhood
a convict still at large
dogs loose on the streets
How To Use escaped In A Sentence
- They all escaped after jumping from the top floor of the burning house thanks to their neighbours' help.
- The gang escaped with a haul worth hundreds of pounds.
- And when he escaped, might it not have been to these ancient, forested hills? Times, Sunday Times
- They thought he had escaped through a specially constructed tunnel.
- Minutes after they escaped, there was a fire flashover and the whole building went up in flames.
- But they escaped the relegation trapdoor by just one point as Leicester were held at Stoke. The Sun
- Apparently some creature called a kobold escaped from wherever my grandfather trapped it, and it has teamed up with Milo. Master of Mirrors
- Aaewin asked without thinking, clapping her hands over her mouth after the words escaped.
- Stewart's pigeon house almost succumbed under a drift six feet high, and half the pigeons escaped where the weight of sand forced an opening in the galvo.
- He escaped a rolling road block by turning into the street where he lived, only to find it blocked by another police car. Times, Sunday Times