extricate

How To Use extricate In A Sentence

• A client who uses aggressive tactics against you to get their way is a real liability, and you should extricate yourself from the situation as quickly as possible.
• He had managed to extricate himself from most of his official duties.
• The car was a wreck of twisted metal, but they could see the driver, still inside, trying to extricate himself from his situation.
• When pursued he makes directly for his hole, and even if his hinder parts should be caught hold of, is extricated with great difficulty.
• When they were extricated two or three of them were much bruised about the head and face, but no limbs were broken.
• They fired away with wild abandon, but luckily with little accuracy, and he was able to extricate himself.
• Straightening, Jack extricated a notecase from an inner pocket and withdrew a card. A Lady of Expectations
• Hundreds of tarred and burning hoops were skilfully quoited around the necks of the soldiers, who struggled in vain to extricate themselves from these fiery ruffs, while as fast as any of the invaders planted foot upon the breach, they were confronted face to face with sword and dagger by the burghers, who hurled them headlong into the moat below. A Wanderer in Holland
• When they are extricated, one of them is unconscious and has a steel rod sticking into his temple.
• Desperate to extricate herself from the situation, she ends up at the "Cat Bureau" where she gets help from Baron, a living porcelain cat figurine with refined manners, a Puss-'n'-Boots-style of omnicompetence, and a couple of goofball sidekicks. Archive 2007-09-01