What is "escapes"

Usage examples of "escapes".

Albert had himself presided at the arrangement, or, rather, the symmetrical derangement, which, after coffee, the guests at a breakfast of modern days love to contemplate through the vapor that escapes from their mouths, and ascends in long and fanciful wreaths to the ceiling.

Also a slave now and then escapes from the therns and makes his way hither.

Both Woola and I had several narrow escapes from these greedy, arboreous monsters.

Gil Blas, or Monte Cristo, or any of the imaginary travels, and escapes, and masquerades in life, which have been written in imitation of them.

The most gentle correction provokes an immediate tumult, and the rash magistrate, who presumes to censure or restrain his seditious subjects, seldom escapes alive from their revenge.

Some of his escapes are so difficult no one has dared attempt them, all these years after his untimely death.

His lips and his mind form the words although the breath that escapes him is little more than a rising and falling of vowel sounds, not real words at all.

Your escapes are a legend among the ancient regime and counterrevolutionaries.

We must stop him before he escapes to continue his heresy and rebellion.

If Malik escapes now, will Silvercloud have the stamina to catch him again?

They told us of his perilous scouts and his hairbreadth escapes, of his wonderful audacity and still more wonderful success--of his capture of Towns with a handful of sailors, and the destruction of valuable stores, etc.

His easy escapes, however, did not improve him at all, and he deserted his benefactors to join Caesar and Antony.

Even if someone is bitten and escapes, the chances of surviving are minimal.

A prisoner escapes, we hunt him down, we try to bring him back alive, but .