| 单词 | escaped |
| 例句 | The idiom brings to mind the menacing gape of a predator, reinforcing our gratitude for being alive: to come into existence we narrowly escaped a mortal threat, namely the high odds against it. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z But Vandara was older, heavier, and unflawed except for the scar, the reminder that she had fought a beast and escaped alive. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “You could admit that you were sent to hell and you escaped, and I wouldn’t have any judgment toward you.” Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Even though he gave it his all, the jaguar escaped. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Preening, gloating over the ill treatment that she alone escaped. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z While we stood there under gunpoint, an old man who had escaped from Mattru Jong was heard crossing a creaky wooden bridge leading to the village. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The relationship, so striking once it has been pointed out to us, had escaped attention, for Manet did not copy or represent the Raphael composition. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z His father noticed at once and a mild word of mockery nearly escaped him, but he stifled it. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Loki, who will have escaped from his bonds beneath the earth, will be the helmsman of the ship called Naglfar. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z “Chances are a few of the Martians, if they were smart, escaped to the mountains. But there aren’t enough, I’ll lay you money, to be a native problem. This planet is through.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Georgia’s eyes filled with tears, and some escaped, running down her blotchy cheeks. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z We never actually saw him die when we escaped the Amity compound, but I just assumed he had—I’m not sure how I feel. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z He looks around furtively, like an escaped convict keeping an eye out for the police. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z After the gates to the mausoleum had been locked and the family, friends, and gravediggers had retired, I was left alone among the flowers that had escaped Barrabas’s hunger and accompanied Rosa to the cemetery. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It was exactly what Hylla had said to her six years ago, the night they escaped their father’s house. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Had he somehow escaped, in spite of the quarantine? The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Late in the afternoon he and Ron escaped Hermione’s baleful presence again, and under the pretense of scouring the bare hedges for nonexistent blackberries, they continued their ongoing exchange of news. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He couldn’t help the hiss that escaped his lips, and the blood that poured all over the counter and floor. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Even her figurehead had not escaped; one of his arms had broken off, the one with all his scrolls. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She’d escaped her tiny hometown in the shadow of Fort Hood, pulled night shifts at diners to put herself through law school, and was arguing discrimination cases before the Supreme Court by thirty. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It is possible she escaped to one of the giant communities still existing in foreign mountain ranges. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z She drove home that night having escaped the Slammer by the skin of her last glove. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z That must have been how the stowaways had escaped his notice; everything inside it was invisible too. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I could not have escaped hunting if I had wanted to, for open seasons spangle the autumn. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Endive and spinach escaped from colonial gardens and grew into impassable, six-foot thickets on the Peruvian coast; thousands of feet higher, mint overwhelmed Andean valleys. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He tried to move, and a groan escaped his lips. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Since no one remembered Water Island was right there beside Saint Thomas, slaves escaped to Water Island to be free. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z And a cat, if he had stumbled back upon it and it had bounded away, might have hit him behind the knees as it escaped. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Neil caught fourteen mice, and scores of others escaped with missing limbs and tails. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Smuggled out by certain friendly spirits, they miraculously escaped the infamous pyre in which so many other family papers perished. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z With her two daughters and widowed mother in tow, she escaped to Waltha Castle. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z In her borrowed bed in the dark interior of the caravan the star slept on, unaware how close she had come to her doom, nor by how slim a margin she had escaped it. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “Choked a guard almost to death and escaped.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Mother says, People share when they know they have escaped hunger. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The sergeant wouldn’t say why we were conducting these “upper-body frisks,” but it doesn’t take a genius: The white-shirts think that at least one participant in the latest cutting exchange, though wounded, escaped undetected. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I glanced around, trying to find in someone’s face or eyes the answer that had escaped me. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know about you, but I escaped having any classes in the dungeon room this year. I’m like a plant,” he said with a smile. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z A spluttering laugh escaped before Ayanna could stop it, and she rolled her eyes. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z For years it escaped detection, but in 1939, two birders, operating independently in different places, coincidentally saw a Bachman’s warbler within two days of each other. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The ships that escaped his deadly grasp banked around and sprayed him with laser bolts and machine-gun fire, but both deflected harmlessly off his armored alien skin. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z They now learned to their joy that Erkenbrand had left many men to hold Helm’s Gate, and more had since escaped thither. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Had the Freedom escaped from the English ship? Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Except that the words weren’t what he heard; a strange hissing had escaped him, and at once the tap glowed with a brilliant white light and began to spin. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z He looked up at her face, where some of the blond hair had escaped from the dark scarf she wore and lay against her cheeks. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Fuchs had escaped to England one step ahead of Hitler's agents in the 1930s. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z In the end, the slave’s choice lay before them, as ever: anyplace but where they had escaped. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z In the Mellower’s stories, these children always escaped and wound up rich and happy. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “The one who told me was a distant cousin. He knew someone who escaped.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It had escaped behind the ceiling tiles, never to be seen again. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z His face was white and gaunt as it had been when he had escaped Azkaban. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The men in the pub are talking about the terrible state of the world and how in God’s name Hermann Goering escaped the hangman an hour before the hanging. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z But she doesn’t move, only glares at me, unaware that the tendrils of hair that have escaped her braid make the glare much less intimidating than she’d like. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z They have escaped, though what it is they’ve escaped from isn’t clear to us. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Through the window frame I focus on the slivers of sparkly glass that escaped the vacuum. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z A cry escaped Mark’s lips before he could help it, and shock froze him solid. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The escaped word ricocheted around the ward and seemed to repeat itself several times. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z A sigh of relief escaped her when she saw the house. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Of the large animals who came through the fire—bushbuck, warthog, antelope—few escaped. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Some who were taken escaped and sneaked back to the ghetto, and they told stories of camps where Jews were worked to death. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z To proceed was to risk encountering the men from whom I'd just escaped. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Clearly the significance of this fact escaped him. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “You’ll never call me. You don’t realize how agile an illegal escaped Nexus-6 is, how impossible it’ll be for you. We feel we owe you this because of—you know. What we did.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Indeed, just two people other than Shin are known to have escaped from any political prison camp in North Korea and made it to the West. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Could it be that Robbie had escaped somehow and sent a spirit to help them? Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z I leave the church a few minutes later feeling warmer, drier, and like I narrowly escaped something. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z There would be no way for me to get Tabitha out of the foster home if my foster parents found out I had escaped from the camp. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z They seemed to be discussing the escaped daemons. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z They escaped from time to time and gave him a certain amount of annoyance, but he refused to kill them. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z They began by burying their dead in the graveyard at the foot of the volcano, which had miraculously escaped the wave of lava that had run down the sides of the evil mountain. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z We got the presidents of the sorority as our “big sisters,” which meant that throughout pledging, we escaped a lot of the hazing. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z That was one report I had heard from men escaped or released from Voluntary Farms. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z One night, rockets landed near their camp, and in the confusion, many people escaped and ran away, including Khouy’s wife. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Artemis Fowl and his cohorts could not have escaped. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Then he grabbed his polo, shoved his glasses up his nose, and escaped. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Yossarian escaped, but kept looking back over his shoulder anxiously as he retreated through the street People stared at him strangely, making him more apprehensive. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Some of them have had to sacrifice themselves, others escaped through the skin of their teeth, or offered other lives in lieu. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “Thank you for dinner,” she mumbled, even though she hadn’t eaten anything, and escaped out the door into the cold night. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z She knew she had escaped another beating—or worse. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “You didn’t tell us where that maniac’s escaped from! What use is that? Lunatic could be coming up the street right now!” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z As the door shut behind their backs, a long sigh escaped Kit. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z I rushed into the shiny white kitchen and escaped to the back porch. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Near the earrings a few gray wisps of hair escaped from beneath the black wig, which was slightly awry. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Only towering Parnassus was not quite covered, and the bit of dry land on its very topmost peak was the means by which mankind escaped destruction. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I shrugged and escaped as fast as I could without saying a word. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z "In all the chaos, some of the animals escaped from the Central Park Zoo. That one found me, and we've been looking out for each other ever since. I call her Qareen." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He was as cynical as I was regarding uplift and hope, and we were proud of having escaped what we called the “childhood disease of metaphysical fear.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z When the turtles push their way out of the sand and start waddling toward the water's edge, they look like a bunch of wind-up toys escaped from Toys "R" Us. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z An idea strikes me, just like it did when I escaped from Fake Uncle. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z I knew that if and when I finally escaped from the stacks, I’d never look back. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z We seemed to have escaped the worst for now, but we didn't dare move. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “They said he’d escaped, but our parents didn’t, and would have to pay for his crimes. Doha, you have to help me, please! I have to find them.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “Oh, please, Mr. Kimberley,” begged Kit, as the children, one by one, slipped through the door and escaped. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “When I escaped, I flew right over the pen. Croy must have seen it was me. He knew I didn’t have shoes. We joked about it.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Then the bottom fell out and he escaped and I tumbled along on his release. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Doubtless there were several additional dinners, clandestine meetings, and secret sessions that have escaped the historical record. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “Did you take the hippo with you when you escaped?” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z When I think about this, I think of how grateful Zlata and her whole family are because they have escaped from all of this. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z There was one small lar—a jolly godling whose responsibility was the welfare of the family—which, being made of bronze, had escaped the destruction. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z The volunteer police reported that escaped turkeys had attacked a passing Amish buggy and driver, so we all needed to keep an eye on our turkey pens. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The window opened onto the world into which he had escaped with Baruch and Balthamos, and where he’d slept safely: the warm endless beach with the fernlike trees behind the dunes. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Every day that September, the four of us escaped outdoors. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z What would Mr. Remora have done if they hadn’t escaped? Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I knew how lucky I was to have escaped with no broken bones, but I’d been truly frightened. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z How had any of these books escaped the purging fires ten years ago? Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Has some detail of their lives escaped you?” he asked. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z During the war, the Alabaman fought in several major battles, was wounded at Gettysburg, successfully escaped from a prisoner-of-war camp, and worked for the Confederate Secret Service. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to catch all those feelings before they escaped and force them down. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z There was no one he could not imitate, no one who escaped the sharp humor of his gaze, no one about whom he could not make a joke. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Only three weeks before Bobby’s death Spassky had sent his old friend a lighthearted message, telling him to obey his doctors, and that when he “escaped” from the hospital, he should get in touch. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z My breath escaped in a thin whimper before I could stop myself. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The bookstore was a twenty-minute drive, and the only way I could have escaped the car would have been to throw open the door and leap into the street. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Despite all evidence that Booth is actually dead and is buried in the grave bearing his name, various legends have maintained that he escaped into the South and lived a long life. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, you escaped on the bus with the mark of the dog on it.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Occasionally the heroes “rejoice in the delight of Ares’ battle,” but far oftener in having escaped “the fury of the ruthless god.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The clothes I’d spent so much time picking out were wrinkled and covered in dust, and strands of my hair had escaped my ponytail and curled out in a thin frizz halo. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z “She belonged to an old Khazar family. They escaped the old tsar’s slaughter. Fled north, like yer babushka. They had neighbors who...” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z That he somehow escaped the quarry and was only missing. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I see the alley I escaped down after my mother died. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I had escaped a worse than lion’s jaws. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z However, a closer examination of Muggle bestiaries of that period demonstrates that most magical beasts either escaped Muggle notice completely or were mistaken for something else. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z "One of your northmen hit me with a momingstar during the battle on the Green Fork. I escaped him by falling off my horse." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z There were strange rumors too: people said she was the only child to have escaped from the Gobblers, and she had terrible secrets in her possession. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The next day she found her husband, who had also miraculously escaped. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s like the only people who escaped the catastrophe above them are hardened criminals. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z We made small talk in the large waiting room of the Ferry Building, which had more or less escaped the fire, though they had had to rebuild parts of it. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z "Alfyn will trouble the realm no longer, but some of his company escaped us. We hunted down as many as we could, but it may be that a few will win back to the mountains." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “A few months back,” Inez told them, “we had ’bout twenty escaped slaves come here from Georgia Colony. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Some have escaped from countries as far away as Estonia. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Long before President Nixon met his Waterloo over the Watergate burglary, he escaped from another tight spot with a magisterial speech, at the heart of which was a nakedly cheesy pathos appeal. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Perhaps it was only the knowledge that he had escaped by the same route as I. But what had he to fear? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I was running behind my big slow friend Marvin and couldn’t make it to the fence on the other side of the junkyard where everyone else escaped. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The unopposed pressure launched the airlock like a cannonball as the Hab's atmosphere explosively escaped through the breach. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “And I never told. Maybe I was ashamed. I was a prisoner, Charles. I broke jail—I escaped.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t be polite,” said Theresa, scooping Callie up before she escaped to the hall. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Every instinct in his body told him to lie, but the confession escaped him before he could stop it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z When they escaped that complex of mirrors and marbled halls in an eruption of fire and rubble and charred scraps of paper. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Bastian says, “This man escaped from a work camp. Tried to violate a farmhouse and steal a liter of fresh milk. He was stopped before he could do something more nefarious.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He saw that Prince Brat had set his jaws, just as Jemmy had always done—and not a sound escaped his lips. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z “Louisa is her name. She absconded from her plantation in the confusion of the reorganization and hid in the woods these many months. Believing she had escaped the logic of our system.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He tried to catch the dinner smells, but they escaped and climbed into the limp brown hotel curtains. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Some people escaped in the other two villages,” the other rebel who was standing up said. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z He shook his head and the deep sigh that escaped him echoed like, a wind in the empty chapel. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z She was surrounded by men and women who’d been born in Africa, or born in chains, who had freed themselves or escaped. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Though he had said nothing, Kit had been aware that not a motion had escaped his intent scowl. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z As soon as he escaped the immediate reach of the Grievers’ instruments, they gave up and retreated, disappearing into the Maze. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “Sliced their throats as I watched. And then I escaped, but I should have let them kill me, too.” The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z But hey, we might be fish out of water, but at least we had escaped the horns of our dilemma to a silver lining, as Mami might say. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Perhaps it had escaped and was hiding in one of the dark corners of the room, or maybe Joseph’s fever was causing him to hallucinate. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He was very brave and smart and he tricked the giants and escaped . . . but no sooner was he outside the castle than die Others took him, and drank his hot red blood. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A strangled, wet bark—a sound that scared Mark more than the pain—somehow escaped his own throat. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The Mistake on the Lake, people called it sometimes, and to Lexie, as to her siblings and friends, Cleveland was something to be escaped. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The only area that escaped incineration was the Victor’s Village. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Someone threw a firebomb through a broken window, and the panic-stricken passengers, choking from the dense cloud of smoke, escaped through an emergency exit seconds before the bus burst into flames. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a look, almost, of pale surprise; the dark eyes were so fixed to the world that no move escaped them. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as she could, Jerrie escaped back to Oklahoma to return to work and await the second phase of testing. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z By then, most of my friends and relatives had either been killed or had escaped the country to Pakistan or Iran. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Though Johnson escaped removal from office by one vote in the Senate, Stanton was the clear winner in the case. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Apprehensively, she said, “There’s a fine; I’m the property, the legal property, of the association. I’m not an escaped android who fled here from Mars; I’m not in the same class as the others.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The Station Inspector saw the bandages and loosened his grip, at which point, like a wild animal, Hugo escaped. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z They were expensive, and while Holly had all of them, I only had one, a doll who had escaped slavery and gotten free in Philadelphia. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I had called fire and lightning down on assassins and escaped to safety. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He cradled his black kitten in his arms as he said a brief goodbye and escaped up to his apartment. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z It would have been easy to roll over the side, fully clothed, and let the weight of denim and cotton drag me to the bottom while my last breaths escaped my lungs. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I thought I’d found a power inside myself when I escaped that poppet in the marsh. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z A few snickers escaped the crowd, and Gaily looked around, his face bright red. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The words had escaped him before he knew what he was saying. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I escaped the gallows—that is why I am lucky. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z A wild creature released or escaped from captivity will usually run as fast and far away from its prison as it can before stopping to rest and take stock. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z One had been in the camps, and the other with Polish troops that had escaped to Russia to help fight the Germans. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z “I know what I heard. They escaped the next evening. Captain Charlock was killed pursuing them.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am an escaped slave as well,” the captain told them. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The distinctive Cuban dimension in Latin American music that so inspired Stevie Wonder and others had only really escaped from its island home at the beginning of the twentieth century. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I tried to call out, but no words escaped my lips. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Prosecutors yesterday confirmed they will appeal the “unduly lenient” sentence of a motorist who escaped prison after being convicted for the second time of killing a cyclist. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z He did not reveal that Blackie Thompson had escaped under the bureau’s watch and killed a policeman, or that because of so many false starts in the probe other murders had occurred. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He felt pain in his lower chest, they said, when the artery's blood escaped into his abdominal cavity. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He left unsaid the idea of his deserting his sisters while he escaped. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z He had escaped through the kitchen and had to get Danny Hardman to go round the front of the house to collect his shoes and socks. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z A little grin escaped and danced around his face. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Nonetheless, I was happy to have made it out of Freetown, to have escaped the possibility of becoming a soldier again. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Ahead of them were the darkened streets, where Count Olaf had escaped to plan more treachery. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Everywhere you looked someone was filing for bankruptcy, or throwing his belongings into a U-Haul to find another job up in the rustbelt or snowbelt or crimebelt from which he thought he had escaped. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sort of. Not really. We escaped through the forest together. He fought and distracted the....He fought so the rest of us could escape.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z From the moan that escaped the Spirit Medium, he knew that Ear and Eye had entered the clearing. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z But the thought quickly escaped my mind, as greater things presented themselves for my attention. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z She had learned where we were and written a letter explaining that when she first heard we had escaped to America, she had been worried that we were being taken into slavery. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z There was something about the expressive ups and downs of the music—the fluid emotion that escaped with every twitch of V’s fingers—that V couldn’t pull herself away from. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Tally jumped off, trying to remember exactly where the Boss had escaped into the forest. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z After I'd escaped from the lab and developed the habit of watching my family from a distance, I occasionally saw John sitting at our dining room table with his head in his hands, sobbing. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Ben wondered how many young boys from New England or the Midwest had escaped from their barracks in a fever of desperation and tried to cross the marsh on foot. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Two strands had escaped from their immaculate arrangement and lay pasted against her frozen cheek. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The three students who escaped serious injury were able to jump from the four-door Chevy immediately after the accident, say witnesses. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Runaway pets, maybe. Or some people think they escaped from a crate at Kennedy Airport in the 1960s.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Frankie opened his mouth to say something, but only a whimper escaped from his lips. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z She had bought the chain long enough so that she could hide it down the front of her shirt, but it had apparently escaped. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I escaped the daily shooting gallery through my job at the tailor shop. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z I don’t think a single child escaped having his or her mouth roughly washed out with soap. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Dropping the remainder back into the bag, I held onto the handrail, my legs shaking as though I had just escaped a great danger. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She lets her chickens just run here, there, and everywhere, so they escaped their fateful death by flapping up into the treetops. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Apparently the sheriff is delighted that he escaped and has no intention of pursuing him—as long as he goes back and gets the paperwork straightened out.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Anthony Burns, a fugitive slave, who had escaped from his master in Virginia, was arrested and held in the Boston Courthouse. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z A loud giggle escaped into the quiet library. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z The words escaped his mouth before he could consider their impact. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z “The Braavosi are descended from escaped slaves. They do not trade in Slaver’s Bay.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Aphrodite’s son Aeneas alone among the Trojan chiefs escaped. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The grandmother escaped with the loose cash and did not return to help. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mister, you’re invaded, only you don’t know it. You must have escaped.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Several times she ran frightened into the house, having barely escaped a man who had followed her. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Our pets had mostly escaped by then, or been eaten up, as in the case of Methuselah, but the Congo still offered a wealth of God’s creatures to entertain us. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z A sound, something between a squeak and a gasp, escaped her lips. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The Führer owes his life to “Divine Providence”: he escaped, unfortunately, with only a few minor burns and scratches. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z He had escaped Seward’s servant and the others, and no one was chasing him now. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The deweys had escaped, Sula was either in her room or gone off somewhere. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “One of the new tiger cubs has escaped!” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Nina’s hood had fallen back, and the thick waves of her hair had escaped her collar. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z A few had escaped from the schools, and the stories they told were anything but heartwarming. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Tallmadge escaped unharmed but lost a saddlebag full of secret papers. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I had just about convinced myself that I had escaped successfully when a quiet, penetrating voice beside me said, "That was a masterful bit of persuasion, brother." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “He escaped with Allah’s help and is now in Mecca.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Mr. Curtain had escaped the island, along with several Recruiters and a few of his most trusted Executives. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z He had not escaped into biology only to find it personally as Objectionable as physics, with its atomic consequences. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Thomas felt tears swell under his eyelids; one escaped and trickled down his right temple, into his hair. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “I don’t think so. She said she worked at a horrible night-club and that everyone there thought that some creepy guy kidnapped her and sold her overseas into white slavery. But really she escaped.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z A deep sigh escaped from the sack and the wind turned chill. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z A wisp of steam escaped the pot's spout, and she found that she could smell it, spicy and floral amid the earthier scents of the river. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z For him, the lure of the village lay in his parents’ graves, the house where he had narrowly escaped death, and in the person of Bathilda Bagshot. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z By so doing they escaped oppressive public isolation and were able to unite with many others like themselves. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Ashes scattered as he tamped, and a serpent of condensed smoke escaped into the already thick air. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z To understand him, and his appeal to so many blacks, it is necessary to recall their society, and the one they had only recently escaped. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “I barely escaped with my life. Most who enter aren’t that lucky.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z None but a few extremely remote islands escaped man’s notice until the modern age, and these islands kept their fauna intact. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Before long, workers were simply born into mill life and very few escaped it. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z What would Mr. Remora have done if they hadn’t escaped? Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z It was a useless precaution because if he had wanted to, Aureliano could have escaped and even returned to the house without being seen. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Harry spent most of the afternoon in his bedroom; he couldn’t stand watching Aunt Petunia peer out through the net curtains every few seconds, as though there had been a warning about an escaped rhinoceros. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Vu Lee asks what if Father escaped to France but can’t remember his own history, so he builds a new family and is happy? Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z He packed Us scanty traps, not understanding what had happened, but feeling that he had escaped calamity by a hairbreadth. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He tried to treat his men as individuals but sometimes the names just escaped him. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Although the Coalhicans escaped into the hills, their chief was reminded at the supper table that night that the mine was for work, not play. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Others had escaped but hadn’t surfaced after the war’s end, including Mama Evangeline. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Foreign books, banned books, books that had escaped the bonfires of 1933, suddenly reappeared in bookshop windows. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The baboon must have escaped, she thought, but when Nhamo shaded her eyes, she could still see him crouched under a tree. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I had lain tossing about, and had heard the clock strike only twice, when the night-watchman came to me, sent up from the ward, to say that Renfield had escaped. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z So he knew that he was safe, and that Lyra was safe in the priory, and that Lord Asriel was safe because he’d escaped his pursuers; but there was danger all around, just the same. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z She escaped from the palace and joined forces with Achillas, declaring she was the queen. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Those few peoples who remained hunter-gatherers into the 20th century escaped replacement by food producers because they were confined to areas not fit for food production, especially deserts and Arctic regions. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z King Loren had escaped, and lived long enough to surrender, pledge his fealty to the Targaryens, and beget a son, for which Tyrion was duly grateful. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Not being an escaped slave, Tyrion need not fear being caught. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z You lips twitched, but no sound escaped them. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z At last she found an exit, and she pushed open the glass door and escaped outside, relieved to be away from the prying eyes of those who had watched her departing. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Now it stood before him, staring, nevermore to be escaped, and its mouth was enlarged without any limit. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z If anything went wrong, if Blackie escaped or hurt a soul, White’s career would be over. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z It had not escaped his notice that, despite Fudge’s assurances at their first meeting, they were now seeing rather a lot of each other, nor that Fudge was becoming more flustered with each visit. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z If only I’d escaped when I had the chance, he thought. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z You’re not the first escaped slave to join the company, but that don’t mean we need to shout your presence. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “After all — he was the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher... I just assumed that he was in a hurry to chase after the Death Eaters who’d escaped up to the tower...” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Everything would be frozen until it was certain that no one had escaped. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z All of the kids who had gathered there—some who had escaped from camps or capture, others that had been able to hide out long enough to avoid it all together—had responsibilities. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z And as the Dutch and Portuguese battled to control Pernambuco, many Africans escaped and created a kingdom of their own called Palmares. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z He did what was required to make sure they escaped alive. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z But this cat had been upon them too quickly: Tucker couldn’t have escaped. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z So for now, she waited, hoping for a phone call to tell her whether Joseph was still an inmate, was among the dead, or, God willing, had escaped. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z The one I'd escaped from on the night I raided the Los Angeles Central Hospital. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z She knew that within minutes he would be telling his mates that he’d barely escaped being washed. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Fern’s little flag had not escaped being trampled by the parade’s participants. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “He has not escaped. He is dead. He died last night.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z She slipped out of the room and escaped to her own, where a few dresses were already laid out on her bed. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Without meaning to or realizing it, he’d pictured in his mind his exact route through the Maze as he escaped the voice. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Specialist Rhonda Williams has a memory that the monkey escaped from the room. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the cacti or prickly pears escaped from his gardens and by 1925 about 20 species could be found growing wild. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z They all liked Jo immensely, but never fell in love with her, though very few escaped without paying the tribute of a sentimental sigh or two at Amy’s shrine. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z But a chortle escaped through my nose and made a snorting sound. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Instead, the whole seventh grade sat in the auditorium and watched the same Magic School Bus cartoons over and over, except for the lucky homeroom that won the rock-paper-scissors tournament and escaped to the gym. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Some Dutch Jews also escaped to New York, establishing the first Jewish community in the city. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z We had nothing which had escaped drenching: no victuals, no bedding. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z When I saw that the smoke trail was angling off to the left of the tipple, I knew we’d escaped at least that particular disaster. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t live di-rect in the Settlement, him and a few other escaped people lived just outside our land ’cause they didn’t want to follow all the Settlement’s rules. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z A small moan escaped from Poppy's mouth when he saw her through the iron bars, but he wasn't crying. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z His breath escaped just enough for Thomas to get a whiff, reminding him of some horrible memory that was just out of reach. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The smoke from the hearth escaped through the roof, and the only opening was a low doorway one had to stoop to walk through. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But if Leo had escaped from an evil sorceress’s lair, why did he seem so sad? The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “When’s the last time you escaped to the mortal world? I was there a couple of years ago. I know the way! Besides, I understand what we’re facing up there. You don’t have a clue!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Grandma’s high bed had escaped the water but still smelled damp, so we put the mattress on the porch roof to sun. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He was one of the few who escaped the massacre because Hitler still trusted him. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z “All around him was nothing but smooth hard stone. It was a cell no man had ever escaped.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It hadn’t escaped her notice either that she had been the one awakened to cut grass. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A cloud of breath escaped her mouth every ten or twenty heartbeats. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I was hearing my father’s words, but their meaning escaped me, as if he had asked me to carry the entire shed on my arms . Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The government reported that five inmates had been killed and that fourteen had escaped. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “But how do you know? Some of them could have escaped.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z But he survived and escaped to the top of the mountains. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z However, though dazed and bruised, he seemed to have escaped injury. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “I used to have a turtle but he escaped.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Most of her newly shorn curls were piled on top of her head in a messy bun; a few escaped and sat on her forehead like springs. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z I paused as a giant yawn escaped my mouth. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “Or maybe...maybe they’re escaped rodeo clowns. And the rodeo clown mafia is out to get them.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The tactic had worked for Thomas earlier, and judging by the horrible screeching sound that escaped the first Griever, it had worked again. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Mr. Calloway had escaped a provisional farm in upstate New York long before Magdalys was born, and she tried to be as nice to him as she could. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z All of the pain and memories of the past filled her so that only tears and shudders escaped her. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The wails and screams that escaped from his tiny mouth sounded like those of a dying litter of meerkats. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Two of the three lions didn’t want anything to do with the Dinka hunters and escaped through gaps in the circle. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember one day, when I was about a year and a half, I escaped from my carriage through the broken drop latch and tumbled past the front lawn toward a dirt tractor road. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The process could not be atmospheric, since Io’s atmosphere has mostly escaped to space because of its low gravity. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z If the mother tiger escaped and swam to their island, she could kill several people before the rangers could tranquilize her. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z “Ibtihaj, you don’t need to cry about this,” Abu said, smoothing down the stray hairs that had escaped from my braids. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z There was an uncomfortable pause, during winch a black lap dog with a pug nose escaped into the lists and scampered about on some errand best known to itself. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z For the most part, it had escaped the fire’s wrath. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z He had escaped the cocktail, but he too had no appetite. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Stanton suspected the participation in the plot by other theater employees: How else could Booth have escaped so smoothly and easily? Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “I especially enjoyed burning this village. We caught everyone here. No one escaped. That is how good it was. We carried out the command and executed everyone. Commander will be pleased when he gets here.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “Sometimes I don’t either, but I know that when I escaped I robbed a store and stole some clothes.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z More than once, Herbert had escaped serious injury by outwitting or outrunning his attackers. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z No one who had once fallen into the hands of the Thought Police ever escaped in the end. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He had twice narrowly escaped dying in riding accidents that had landed him in the hospital for months on end, wiped him out financially, and caused near crippling injury. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They walked through the Smoke, past cook fires being extinguished with shovelfuls of dirt; windows coming alight with candles and electric bulbs; and a handful of young uglies pursuing an escaped chicken. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He regretted those words as soon as they escaped his mouth, but the police officer just said, “Sure, hop in.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Taking a deep breath, he walked into the Whispering Gallery...where his breath escaped like air from a balloon. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Stray pieces escaped my grip and blew across the street. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z And once they barely escaped from the middle of a hayfield when the hay was cutting. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The name escaped his lips before he could stop himself. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I was thankful to Allah that I had become a Muslim and escaped their fate. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z They declared, too, that the maidens they had imprisoned had all escaped to the mountains. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z A soft sound escaped her lips as her eyes rolled back to expose their whites, and Koffi knew what was about to happen. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He suddenly noticed something about Beowulf that had escaped his attention before. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z Many and many times she has penetrated the enemy’s lines and discovered their situation and condition, and escaped without injury, but not without extreme hazard. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z A tear escaped and slid down a crease to her chin. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z If Jess, and the twins had been much closer, they would not have escaped with their lives. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z “I know you said,” I spoke in short, expressionless syllables, “that you ‘escaped.’ A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Once they dig through those ashes and come up missing eleven bodies, they’ll know we escaped. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Got one of the canoes out again and ferried two of the bikes, two of us, and two of the escaped prisoners over the river and saw them off into the fog. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The taunting, pinching village boys bedeviled the cat as they did her, but he, quicker and smarter than they, always escaped. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He wanted to cry with the relief of having escaped from Hooper. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Slaves who ran away and lived beyond the control of the planters were called “maroons”—from the Spanish word cimarron for cattle that escaped and lived in the wild. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z In the years after he escaped the camp, Shin learned that many people associate warmth, security, and affection with the words “mother,” “father,” and “brother.” Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Brokk counted, and at the bottom of the downstroke he whipped one hand from the bellows and swiped at the fly, with such speed and such strength that Loki barely escaped with his life. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z It had been doubly hard to return to the Dursleys knowing that he had so nearly escaped them forever. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I hadn’t tracked the topography on this side of the river, just the side where we escaped. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z The other woman, whose name escaped Mariam, looked older than Fariba, and her hair had an odd purple tint to it. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z A wind came in off the harbor, bringing the smell of the sea, ruffling the stray hairs that had escaped the braided coil at the nape of Inej’s neck. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The man “put spur to his horse and escaped”—but not for long. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “He slew Greyjoy’s ironmen as well. Wex saw men cut down trying to yield. When we asked how he escaped, he took a chunk of chalk and drew a tree with a face.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And the virus escaped and spread throughout the Yanomami heartland, carried by people who did not know they had been exposed. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Never yet had any fly escaped from Shelob’s webs, and the greater now was her rage and hunger. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z An Assistant Chief Inspector, Harry Taylor, speculated that the assassins had not rushed from the ballroom among the crowd, but had kept running past the stage and escaped on 165th Street. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d only just escaped the classroom, and I was darting down a deserted corridor when he found me. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “It’s going to be a prison with escaped inmates. I looked it up. Lots of blood and guts.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The boy was frightened of telling his father what had happened, and so he went out into the hills to look for another bird which was exactly the same as the bird which had escaped. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z “His job’s to look after Boots, right? So let’s pretend he’s escaped!” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z She could of at least pretended to be glad I’d escaped from the jaws of death on that trestle. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z That his foolproof life plan had in the end transported him here, to this nightmarish station, was an irony that brought me no pleasure and escaped his notice altogether. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Where had Germany's "most wanted spy" escaped to? Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Harry had escaped from the same attack with nothing more than a scar on his forehead, where Voldemort’s curse, instead of killing him, had rebounded upon its originator. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z One night, a week later, he tore the wire from the front of his hutch and escaped to the open country. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Those leaders who escaped went underground and continued their fight against injustice and racism. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m not working four months like an escaped criminal. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Somehow, the wire door popped open and the birds escaped. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Dicey giggled, and the sound escaped her even though she bit on her hand to stop it. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “And that fox escaped with his tail between his legs, with all the hens chasing after him,” the old man finished. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He was probably unaware of it but it escaped none of us. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The plastic Christmas balls rocked back and forth while he looked at me like I had escaped from someplace I shouldn’t have escaped from. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Mary Lou tried to remain silent, but her shoulder hurt and a small hiss escaped. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “Well then, sir, I accounts for it this way; it seems to me that ’ere wolf escaped—simply because he wanted to get out.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z When she thought of her family, left behind in Maryland, all of them slaves, her joy in having escaped rapidly left her. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Arturo tried to stifle a laugh in his nose that escaped anyway. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Those gases are unlikely to have escaped from Mars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The tears were sliding down my cheeks—runaways that escaped when I wasn't paying attention. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Consider the case of the female black leopard that escaped from the Zurich Zoo in the winter of 1933. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Simple sounds and squeaks escaped his throat, but they didn’t make any sense at all. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The fox escaped as well, and on our way back to the Dreadfort my favorite courser came up lame, so all in all it was a dismal day. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Last night, after I escaped the Night Zoo and went over the wall, I saw a creature in the lemongrass fields,” she said. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He strode off across the shop and Ranofer escaped to the scroll room, consumed with resentment and bitterly resolved that he was through with trying to be of value in the shop. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Mrs. Coulter wondered what he intended to do, now that his victim had escaped. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The significance of the moment escaped no one. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z It never escaped his memory that neither black nor white was a color, and he never used verbal when he meant oral. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z But at that very moment a hiss escaped its teeth, a gasp of pain or hate. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “I heard they didn’t let him out of the Crockery. I heard he escaped.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The air was full of buzzing and murmuring, and the figures wandering around the parking lot looked as if they had escaped from the dreams of children and not the words of an old man. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Out in the world, the wicked escaped comeuppance and the decent stood in their stead at the whipping tree. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Braavos had been founded by escaped slaves, and the slave trade was forbidden here. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They had finally escaped from the pack, but the open ocean had proved too much for their small fleet. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z “I was up early that day,” she always began, “because that naughty goat escaped again. I’d just reached the top of the hill when everything started to shake.” I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z From the first I escaped unharmed, but on the second occasion I was not so lucky. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z When his lips opened, no words escaped them, only a moan. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The pair we spotted when we first escaped the fog felt like a welcoming committee. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The words had barely escaped her lips before the Reverend interrupted her cold. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z If Lewis Powell had not wandered into the government’s hands this night, he might have escaped Washington and vanished from history. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The heat that escaped my body just warmed up the interior. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Those who escaped from being chopped to bits later died in horrid agony from smallpox the conquistadors spread to Mexico from Europe. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z When I escaped—if I ever escaped, that is—how many days would have gone by at home? Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z They grabbed the large one, still writhing on the ground, and escaped. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z What became of my companions in the boat, as well as those who escaped on the rock, or were left in the vessel, I cannot tell; but conclude they were all lost. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Once he obtained all the information that he needed, he organized teams of Indians to dig up whatever might have escaped the priest’s zealous archaeological notice. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry’s parents had died in Voldemort’s attack, but Harry had escaped with his lightning scar, and somehow — nobody. understood why — Voldemort’s powers had been destroyed the instant he had failed to kill Harry. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z They sat and probably talked about wherever they had escaped. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Most Europeans who escaped fatal infections also escaped other potential causes of death and proceeded to pass on their genes. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z For a few endless moments, Tally felt only relief to have escaped the searing wind, the thundering machine, the blistering heat of the firestorm. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z All across the Congo on invisible radio waves flew the code words: The Rabbit has escaped. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z "I thought if I escaped and ran away I could find someplace better. I thought the world outside would be different." A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Also, Galindez had already escaped to New York so everyone thought he was safe. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He jumped down the steps as the house crumbled behind him and dashed straight for Ishtar's Jaguar, which was parked out front and, miraculously, had escaped damage. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Then he came to the part about the animals who had escaped from the burning newsstand. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z A whoop of joy escaped his lips as he ran across the sand. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z As we continued down the road, I became increasingly conscious of the curious looks white people gave us, as if we were a pair of escaped monkeys. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z And Jo blushed at the dreadful ‘pegging’ which had escaped her. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Professor McGonagall came back at dawn, to tell them that he had again escaped. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The word escaped Koffi before she could stop to consider it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “They came down from outer space with ray guns, but I fooled them by wearing a wig and laughing in a foreign accent, and I escaped.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z He even caught a glimpse of the sentry along the narrow ridge just where he had so lately escaped by the door in the wall. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z He escaped from the Russian army and snuck over the Polish border and married my mother in an arranged marriage. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The fire escaped them and ravaged the land with bottomless hunger until the rains came finally. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “In a way, I think he sent a message through Thanatos. My name wasn’t on that list of escaped souls. It should have been.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z In a conflict that lasted nearly a month, rangers and their Indigenous allies attacked Spanish and Indigenous towns and villages, looting and burning them, taking scalps, and hunting for people who had escaped slavery. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Uncle Willie was nodding at the fire, and Bailey had escaped back to the calm adventures of Huckleberry Finn. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z "How is it you escaped those two back there so easily?" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z I have thought a thousand times, I guess, about how I so narrowly escaped death twice that day. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Although his family had escaped Russia, they knew that terrible things were happening to the friends they had left behind. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Sister Ignatia felt it best not to mention the escaped prisoner. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z She didn’t want to acknowledge the truth because then it couldn’t be avoided, but the words escaped her anyway. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Her hair has staged a full-scale rebellion and more of it has escaped her mangled braid than remains tucked inside. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted him to be Hiram Wallace, an islander who had escaped. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Adolf Eichmann, the SS official responsible for the deportation of Jews to concentration camps, escaped to Argentina, but, fifteen years later, Israeli agents tracked him down, captured him, and flew him to Israel for trial. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z And all around these neatly lettered words, scribbles had been added by other witches and wizards who had come to see the place where the Boy Who Lived had escaped. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z In the place from which I escaped there was always an atmosphere of pomade, spice, excess and inertia. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z He must have given up at last, escaped when he saw there was nothing more he could do.” How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He escaped from his Soviet handlers, always fearful that he might end up dead by an assassin's bullet. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Grandma may have escaped the horrors of the Holocaust, but she didn’t get off scot-free. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z A wail escaped from his mouth, inhuman and piercingly loud, rising in pitch and volume. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The sigh that escaped her could have filled a balloon. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Albert carefully lit his pipe and clouds of smoke escaped from his mouth. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z At the time, though, I was just happy to have escaped. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The folly of this action became apparent when 4-Wind and his brother escaped from confinement. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Caliban—the monster in the play, not the escaped rat—he knew cuss words. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z He said that he himself had been a prisoner in Orthanc and had hardly escaped, and he begged for help. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “But if my brother escaped, then how did you know who I was? How could you be sure?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “But Sirius Black escaped from them,” Harry said slowly. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I was sitting with my arms wrapped around my knees, side by side with one of the lads who’d escaped when I shot his chains apart. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “I escaped, see?” he called up to the boat. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z They had bombarded dozens of elements with deuterons and assiduously tracked emissions of alpha particles during the bombardments; but the continued emission of electrons or positrons after the bombardments ended had escaped their notice. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z And now that their purpose was achieved, now the children had found their dæmons, and escaped, the dead warriors allowed their atoms to relax and drift apart, at long, long last. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z She did not come alone, but had brought her mother with her—promising what spectacle Gabriel could not imagine, nor could he imagine how she had escaped her young man of the evening. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z A golden ray of light escaped her like a ribbon, like a snake coiling in the air before it lashed across Fedu's cheek. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “They said they shot you in Kaduna, then they said they buried you alive in the bush, then they said you escaped, then they said you were in prison in Lagos.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Even though most of Japan escaped the glaciers that blanketed Britain and Canada, Japan was still cold, dry, and extensively covered with conifer and birch forests offering little plant food to humans. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “I assumed a fake identity and masqueraded as an indentured servant to infiltrate IOI’s corporate headquarters. I’ve been there for the past eight days. I just now escaped.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z She then escaped, and in 2009 found her way out of North Korea to South Korea, via China, Laos, and Thailand. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z In church when she knelt, in the yard when she beat rugs, beneath the peach tree when she picked fruit, Desdemona’s feminine elaborations escaped the constraints of her drab, confining clothes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Surely, if it was, at least one of them would have escaped. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z She escaped to freedom with her infant daughter in 1826 and gained legal freedom a year later when a New York law freed slaves under age forty. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z She wondered where he escaped from, how bad it was, and how far he traveled before he put it behind him. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z As though he had escaped his everyday life and wandered into another world. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I opened my mouth to roar, but not a sound escaped. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z A growl escaped Wilfrido’s throat, like a dog challenged to a fight. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z When a girl in the audience asked him to explain how he escaped, he looked pained. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “You fought when they came. You escaped. You helped rescue my mother...” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z And he tried to do sex with a daughter of a yeoman, but she escaped and he chased her across the moor. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She put her hands over her mouth and shook with it, the only sound was a low huffing that escaped through her fingers. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “He escaped from one of the satellite schools, the one up by Lake Superior.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z But by immersing themselves in their favorite reading topics, they felt far away from their predicament, as if they had escaped. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z I couldn’t stop the groan that escaped my lips. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z This one, a gangly teenager with gigantic feet, had just turned off the corridor light, and in the relative darkness was checking to see if any light escaped from beneath the students’ doors. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z His palm grew icier and icier, until—plunkl— an almost imperceptible whisper of a noise escaped from the jar, and the Owners feet dropped—clonk!—to the ground. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “It seems to me you barely escaped with your lives,” Suheyla pointed out more gently. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The fresh and dried fish; the fat, oil, or meat from beaver, beluga, caribou, moose, oogruk, polar bear, and walrus; cranberries, salmonberries and wild rhubarb all had so far escaped contamination. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z But then, without any human help, she escaped during the night and made her way back to the praise house. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “You mean . . . you remember me?” he asked, embarrassed at the squeak that escaped on the last word. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “He came here from the country, probably after his own loop was raided—only to have the one he’d escaped to raided, as well.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Then he began to speak of his many adventures, his riotous life, the marvels he had seen, the scrapes he had escaped, his fortunes good and bad. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z But that was the only time Bri escaped from the apartment, and Alex couldn’t find it in his heart to forbid her. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Not a word did she say, however, till her mother found her in tears one day, and insisted on knowing what the matter was, for Meg’s drooping spirits had not escaped her observation. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z They escaped that peril, but only to meet another as great. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Four days had passed since they had escaped from the orcs, but the time lay behind them like an ever-darkening dream. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z At last, William said, “Jacob, do you know that your parents escaped the fire?” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z If it escaped, wouldn’t it flood the world and all the innocent people? I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z That was such a stupid lie, she actually laughed out loud—how had that even escaped her mouth? A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I wasn’t sorry the deer escaped and Dad could see I wasn’t sorry. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z A giggle escaped when I saw the screen. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z With relief, I recognized that I had escaped other employment only narrowly. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Henry, Miles, and Amos had rescued them, got into a fight with the bullies—like with real punches flying—and then they all escaped through a corn maze. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z It therefore seems extremely unlikely that wild species of potential value would have escaped the notice of the first farmers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Brother Khoi asks what if Father escaped to Tibet after shaving his head and joining a monastery? Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Like Fermi, much of Oppenheimer’s scientific dream team was European, many of them Jews who had escaped from Hitler. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He escaped and awarded himself the rank of captain in the army of Smith. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z She told them about Frederick Douglass, the most famous of the escaped slaves, of his eloquence, of his magnificent appearance. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt that even minutes were precious, but one by one they escaped; and he could do nothing. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “I should tell you about the black panther that escaped from the Zurich Zoo in the middle of winter.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z We all laugh when she tells a story about the time Nan’s chickens escaped their coop. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z With the help of the ring he escaped from the orc-guards at the gate and rejoined his companions. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z In the background, a woman’s voice was saving, “Let’s see what you’re going to say. Another chance down the drain, a psycho escaped.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Many, of course, have escaped, the fever having run its course. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z At the house I deposited his can of water on the porch beside his milk and eggs, confident that I had escaped suspicion. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Later the sinking moon escaped from the pursuing cloud, but it was ringed all about with a sickly yellow glare. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z A mad giggle escaped from her mouth, and she seemed as surprised by it as I was. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Salomon was twice arrested and sentenced to death, but he somehow escaped. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally he escaped back to the covered passageway. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z So Robert escaped me and cut down Rhaegar on the Trident. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A single tear escaped and ran down his cheek. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z In June, I escaped the dreaded school for the summer. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z ‘I was mortally afraid, of course; but if I had known more, I should not have dared even to move. It is a marvel that I escaped!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I was sure I was having premonitions that Lio had not escaped after all. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z To these people just off the train, we all must have looked like escaped mental-asylum patients with our shaved heads and our wooden shoes and oversized blue-and-gray-striped uniforms. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z I wanted my strong, invincible dad to come back, the man who dodged gunfire in the massacre and escaped with bullet holes in his shirt collar. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Later, in the 1920s, he escaped a prison camp in Siberia and made his way to the United States. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I tried to figure the whos and the whys of the matter, but my own name escaped me, and I knew only the pain in my head and the iron taste of lost teeth. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Eventually I crawled out and escaped into the woods.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Sometimes he chased her around the house after supper until she escaped into her room, breathless with laughter. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Several moans escaped him as he shifted, rocking back and forth on his side. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “Why do you care how I escaped?” said Harry slowly. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z It took the FBI more than twenty-four hours after Howard had jumped from his moving car to figure out that he had escaped. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Wisps of hair have escaped from her bun. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z There was no way they could possibly have escaped. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z A sigh of relief escaped from my lips as the soldiers herded three other kids into a small room. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Mom walks him out, and before she can return to cross-examine me, I’ve escaped to my room with my cell phone. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z He escaped before without our help; to-night he shall escape with it. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Journeymen earned a slightly higher salary and usually escaped the chores. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I tell Dad about how the birds’ grandparents escaped from Kennedy Airport, and I point at the air conditioner they live under. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She looked drawn, like a part of her soul had escaped. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z But nothing sent chills up and down Thomas’s spine like the haunted, deathly moans that somehow escaped the creature when it sat still, like the sound of dying men on a battlefield. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z In such a lonely void you can begin to understand how even the most significant objects–Pluto’s moon, for example–have escaped attention. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z One afternoon he escaped from a dream and wakened to find the warden standing beside his bed. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “I escaped unhurt,” Washington later wrote in a letter, “although death was leveling my companions on every side of me.” George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “Apparently your friend has escaped the bathroom,” Ignatius snorted. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I make a guess: He has escaped like that about a hundred times before. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Yitzchak, who had indeed escaped, had lived in the forest with the partisans, fighting the Germans. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In California orchards sprayed with this same parathion, workers handling foliage that had been treated a month earlier collapsed and went into shock, and escaped death only through skilled medical attention. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z I saw them more clearly than I had ever seen anyone, and not one detail of their faces or their clothes escaped me. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z “Marguerite, I have drunk poison and almost drowned and was buried alive before I escaped from Denmark. This is no lie, but truth,” I say, seeing her eyes grow wide. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He had not been so foolish as to fight the slavers, as Jorah Mormont had, but that did not mean he had escaped punishment. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And over the wide fields the keen-eyed Riders hunted down the few Orcs that had escaped and still had strength to fly. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Lizzie, for instance, had been hiding out at East River for close to two years, having narrowly escaped capture by PSFs who had pulled her parents’ car over in Maryland. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z A single drop of water that had escaped Piggy's fingers now flashed on the delicate curve like a star. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z To see of what it was made, to discover the dearness, to find the beauty, the desirability that had escaped me, but apparently only me. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Many, if not most, defectors arriving at Hanawon escaped North Korea with the help of brokers based in South Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z In one, he wrote, “I was a Hero, I saved you from a lion that escaped from somewhere.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Ten whacks, and not a sound escaped his lips. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z “No one has ever escaped,” she said softly. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z As TRIGON's value as a spy grew, so did Marti's special status as the only CIA agent who had escaped the notice of KGB watchers. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “Heard the news this morning, Marge? What about that escaped prisoner, eh?” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z They—her breasts—were the images saved for last on the many nights when he touched himself, slowly at first and then vigorously until a muffled moan escaped him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z "My men are searching the hills for an escaped prisoner. I don’t suppose you’re going to tell me where they should look for the two bodies?" Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I know this will be a difficult task, since anyone Peeta shares childhood memories with would most likely be from town, and almost none of those people escaped the flames. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Through this gate doubtless they had all escaped this day and were hidden here and there through the streets, listening to the howling in their courts. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z A hiss escaped her lips, and she let loose a stream of Polish that he didn’t understand. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z But remember, thee has never escaped at all if love is not there.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z "I escaped a cabinet meeting with my father and found her on my way out." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z But he’d had enough left over to set himself up as a labor broker selling slots into the very heavy crews that he’d escaped. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z So, when he had escaped those flames, perhaps in those final moments of consciousness, he had seen a man on a horse. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z They told me, but the sense of their words escaped. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z They couldn’t use real Quidditch balls, which would have been hard to explain if they had escaped and flown away over the village; instead they threw apples for one another to catch. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z As we walk, Kim tells us that once he heard the explosions coming from our direction, he escaped from his camp and ran here to find Chou. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He gave his rifle to an officer who had been disarmed in the fight and escaped with Amaranta through a nearby street to take her home. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I clap my hands over my mouth, but the sound has already escaped. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Smith told the women that Harriet Powell was a slave from Mississippi who had recently escaped while in Syracuse with the slaveholder. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Once in a while, he managed to borrow a motorcycle and they escaped for a few hours, traveling at reckless speed, crouched low on the machine, with frozen ears and anxious hearts. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Just enough of her hair had escaped to make her look fresh and full like a girl in a cigarette ad. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When she saw me, a little sound of surprise escaped her mouth. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z It never escaped me for a moment that he didn’t have to be there. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Many more escaped through front and side doors. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Children who seemed to have escaped evacuation ran about on the grass shouting and laughing, the band struggled with music beyond its capabilities, and deck chairs still cost twopence. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Gunwoo’s family had escaped from the North and lost many members to the Russians and North Korea’s KPA, Korean People’s Army. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z She could feel it in her bones that he had escaped. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Both of them, like almost everyone in the small village, had come from another place, had fled something, had escaped from hardship of some kind. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The poem that hadn’t escaped my mind all night. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I wasn’t magically immune to cute guys, and it had not escaped my notice that Ocean was a superlative kind of good-looking. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z The boy’s breath escaped in a quivering sigh. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z It was then that Frederick Douglass, a civil rights leader who had escaped from slavery ten years before, asked to address the crowd. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z It was from this town and its gloomy, omnipresent shade that my mother escaped with me when I was only a few months old. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z They had had a bad time trying to catch the little monkey that had escaped; it took hours. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z People’s names escaped me and I began to worry over my sanity. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Those who had escaped the city began to trickle back home. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Filling her head with music, she escaped her body. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I knew what he was thinking, and I wondered if he would tell Mike the truth about how many kids actually escaped that night. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z As I set the coin purse in my pocket, she opened her mouth and a small sound escaped. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “The more powerful ones can do that. She did not die, Percy. She simply escaped. It is not good that the she-demons are stirring.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Just in case I ever escaped. I had some pieces of metal back there, too, but nothing the right size. This needle is perfect,” said his dad. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z A scream escaped from the back of my throat and I dropped the little bottle. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z My throat tightened into a pinhole, and an involuntary choking sound escaped my clenched teeth. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z By rights, she should be dead, and though she had escaped by what seemed almost a miracle, she scolded herself for having been so careless. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z She opens her mouth, probably to tell me again that Mirjam couldn't have escaped through there because of the inside latch, but then thinks better. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “What about that ghost lady? The one who escaped while the fairies were trapping Bahumat?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z A trickle of blood escaped her lip from where she had bitten it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z If only he had had time to receive more warmth from The Giver before he escaped! The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z “The witch is dead, my daughters are avenged! And you, cabroncito, who escaped me on the bridge will follow her to hell!” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Greenberg escaped without permanent damage, but others, including Fitzsimmons, may not have been so lucky. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A sigh escaped her, and she whispered the words she’d repeated to herself so many times before in her greatest moments. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z A few last chuckles escaped him as he took the crutch from Tree-ear and leaned on it to sit on the ground. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Killer was about a New York City police lieutenant who was being stalked by a notorious Colombian gunman who had just escaped from Sing Sing. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Liam wasn’t the only one who escaped, but he was the only one who came back. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She escaped by never taking her right hand off the walls of the maze, sliding it along as she walked. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Claiming to be an escaped slave, he said he would work as a servant or guide if the British would free him after they won the war. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Something about his aura reminded an observer of an ill-treated dog just escaped from his captors. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z But the frog wasn’t all right, and couldn’t have escaped with a hop. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Biff was alert, and no sound or movement escaped him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z If the boys had owned up to the crime they might have escaped some of the punishment. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I opened my mouth to scream, but the only sound that escaped was a nervous squeak. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Fuchs escaped to England, where he earned his PhD in physics. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z They reminded me fleetingly of prisoners carrying their leg irons as they escaped from a chain gang. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Medea escaped as she always did and got safely away to Asia. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Again he escaped lasting damage, though he had to spend some days in a darkened room before his eyes forgave him. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Fewer than a dozen of what passed for District 12’s well-to-do escaped the fire. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z "She wants you back. She said you'd escaped Kurnugi once before. That you swapped places with someone from the world of the living." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “What can I do for you today?” she asked, her cheeks rosy as if she’d just escaped a tickle attack. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z She wore a nightcap, and wispy bits of white hair escaped around the edges. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Not one single hair escaped its tight bind. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite these very early first steps, neither pottery nor weaving took off until people became sedentary and thereby escaped the problem of transporting pots and looms. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The cavalry is here in pursuit of the assassin who escaped. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “You went to a farm yesterday and escaped from a cat. And whatever you were up to, it was so much on your mind that you forgot to ask about Holly last night.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am here to tell you. I escaped. I saw. There is no resettlement.” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z He escaped because of what he described as a “totally miraculous chance.” Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z No edge of light escaped the thick curtains, but the room was bright with the light from the lamps. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Coughing, chest heaving, he looked back at the devastation he’d just escaped: one tower continued to burn; smoke and flames still roared from the upper floors. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z A season in the junkyard had honed my reflexes: I’d learned to listen for the low grunt that escaped Dad’s lips whenever he tossed something heavy, and when I heard it I hit the dirt. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Finishing a conversation with Ms. Steinert always made him feel like he had just escaped from drowning. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z In the house of our hostess, other guests were ready, fingers moving restlessly in filmy cloth or tucking in hair that had never escaped, and every mirror was a place for sidelong glances. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z December 25 What If Brother Quang asks what if Father escaped to Cambodia and is building an army to go back and change history? Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z He was beginning to feel like some escaped convict hiding out from the cops. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I am called; the patient has once more escaped. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The noise and movement began to die down eventually; I supposed the rats in the square had all either been caught or had escaped. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z ‘The Deeping Wall is taken, lord, and all the defence swept away; but many have escaped hither to the Rock.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Milo was so relieved at having escaped the Doldrums that he assured the dog that he bore him no ill will and, in fact, was very grateful for the assistance. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, yes, well, we give from twenty-five to thirty for things of this sort. Pay when it comes out,” returned Mr. Dashwood, as if that point had escaped him. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a long and scary trek, but she was too grateful to have escaped the embarrassment of being put back a year to complain. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Maybe the teacher had gotten the boys together and escaped. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z The trick of it seemed to have escaped him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Probably were about to head right into the mess that she and the others had just escaped. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “If he has escaped, it will not be long now before he comes searching for us. Until we know for sure of his fate, we must never give up hope.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally I escaped Auntie Yeabu’s clutches as they tossed shovelfuls of dirt over my mother’s body, but I was too late. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Pentheus went to pursue the god’s followers among the hills where the maidens had fled when they escaped from prison. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why I never dreamed that such a treasonous attack could happen...I escaped a shameful death at the hands of traitors!” Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z A few people cheered, assuming Davis had escaped his fate momentarily. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Amari shook her head no, almost ashamed that she had escaped the fate of most of the women. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “By the way, Rhonda, have you seen my map of the harbor? It appears to have escaped the study.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The other family's daughters lived in my father's library, where I had always escaped when my siblings got on my nerves. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z There were few things that escaped Father’s notice, and even fewer things that Father was not interested in. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z This was a remarkable turning point: Gandhi escaped the cycle of violence breeding violence; he challenged poor workers to show wealthy masters that there is a better way. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z The Demiguise escaped on board the ship and bred with a stowaway ghoul. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She moved in a silent ferocity of dignity which barely escaped being ludicrous. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z In the old boiling house, heat escaped; now it is captured and used. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Could his sister truly have escaped such captors? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Why had this field escaped while another burned five miles back? The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Suddenly he stooped and looked at the stone on the top of the cairn; it was flatter than the others, and whiter, as if it had escaped the fire. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z You didn’t “escape” from the army, so he must have escaped from something else. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “She is convinced that any day one of them will burst into the house with a gun and turn out to be an escaped lunatic.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z “My mom just escaped again, and I think she headed into the mountains. We got to form another posse right now!” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z "Do you feel this? This is what it cost us to survive. We all paid with some part of ourselves. None of us escaped unbroken." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z One night, during the course of a week darkened by somber rumors, he miraculously escaped four revolver shots taken at him by an unknown party as he was leaving a secret meeting. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “Bout ye both. Ye and the girl. Ye and the girl what escaped Prentisstown.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z She looked like a bottled fetus that had escaped from its jar of formaldehyde in a Biology lab and unshriveled and thickened with age. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as he had escaped, a feeling of overwhelming moral outrage filled him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Evading arrest, he eventually escaped to England, where he enlisted in the Royal Navy to fight against Germany. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “You know,” he said irritably, “the deer really hasn’t escaped. This just means some other guy will bag him.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Three years ago, Blackjack had been enslaved on the Princess Andromeda until he'd escaped with a little help from my friends and me. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “It’s just that . . .” and I was trying hard to stifle my giggles, but one of them escaped through my nose with a snort, which made me laugh more. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Back home, he had been tailed by the secret police for months and the family had only narrowly escaped capture their last day on the Island. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z This particular manuscript escaped the waves and the flames, but evidently fell into the hands of the fishermen, for part of it has disappeared. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “After bombing and having escaped the enemy’s fire, I couldn’t pull myself together for ten or fifteen minutes,” said Nina Raspopova, another 46th Guards pilot. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z When we finally escaped to the parking lot, I was bursting with frustration. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z The built-in fly escaped the flames, so it was still more or less weatherproof; now, however, it was approximately thirty degrees colder inside. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Not a speck escaped Aunt March’s eye, and all the furniture had claw legs and much carving, which was never dusted to suit. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z On Alcatraz a bell rings every hour to remind the guards to count the cons and make sure no one’s escaped. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He escaped from the embrace and dried his tears—partly uncomfortable, partly in rapture. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z To have escaped the endless hunger and oppression, the perilous mines, the lash of our final Head Peacekeeper, Romulus Thread. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Ashley escaped. Don’t you see? I thought Antoine had gotten her. But she ran away. And she didn’t take me with her.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z It was like one of those terrible dogs the Nazis used for hunting down concentration camp prisoners who escaped in those old TV pictures. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Supposing the king’s small escort was trapped and overcome, but he escaped into the darkness — alone in the wild fields of Rohan with no idea of where he was in all the endless miles? The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z When I finally escaped, with my ears ringing and an armful of loose papers struggling to fly away in the wind, the birch grove was empty. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The words “law school” escaped from my mouth, the fallback answer for many students who have no idea what they want to do with their lives. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z For a moment, he felt relieved to have escaped the rats. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z "But there's nothing mysterious about it. I escaped for a while—I went to France with the Army Medical Corps and remained there after the Armistice to study and practice." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “But he didn’t. He escaped from Hatchet, didn’t he? He didn’t kill those boys at the Cage. He’s not the one you want.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Kanei had escaped with his parents, but lost his two sisters and three brothers in the chaos. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The children who escaped arrest slipped back into the church. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Thus the Institute has completely escaped regulation,” Mr. Benedict said. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly, the shack doesn’t feel like the place I’ve escaped with Sandy for a whole week. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z ‘No, good sir, the matter escaped him,’ answered Merry gravely. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Slash escaped from London that night, and was soon back at sea. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z I headed for the door, had almost escaped when Hank came out of the storeroom. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The home Harry might have had if Wormtail had not escaped had been haunting him all summer. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I focused that same way I did when I escaped the haint in the marsh. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z They resembled most closely the Riddle that had escaped from the diary so long ago, and he had been memory made nearly solid. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z When two more Luftwaffe aircraft began to chase them, Aleksandr escaped into clouds while the two enemy fighter planes collided in flames. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z No, she shouted, or perhaps she only thought it, for no whisper of sound escaped her lips. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Lyddie brushed back a curl that had escaped its plait and smoothed it against Rachel’s cheek. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z But the meaning of the words escaped him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z A moan escaped him as he pressed his palms against his head, trying to block out something she could not hear. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z A huge lump formed in my throat and a small moan escaped from my lips. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z A few escaped to fall onto the dirt, but most of them she kept inside. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z I regretted saying this the moment it escaped from my lips, of course: I felt like such a fake. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z I assumed everyone who worked at the sanctuary had escaped or been killed. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Something a few feet away from her moved, and a whimper of pain escaped her lips. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Of course, we all nurtured the secret hope that somehow Tsalig had escaped and would be there waiting for us. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z He could have stayed among his own people and escaped feeling this fear and hate. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Twice more Tidbit was tossed into the bloody water, and twice more he barely escaped the jaws of the hungry alligators. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z My hand swiped across my eyes to make sure no tears escaped. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z I tried to stay serious, but a smile escaped. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Nobody ever escaped detection, and nobody ever failed to confess. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Very little escaped this woman who rode the trolley against traffic at 6:00 p.m.; who examined the trash baskets of powerful whitemen, looked at photographs of women and children on their desks. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “If Kufa knew I could give you advice, he might guess where you went after you escaped. I’m hoping he’ll think you went back to the trading post.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z What kind of lunatic would come back here once he’d escaped? Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Certainly it seemed impossible that such a fact could have escaped our notice all this time. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The snake had once escaped from his cage and disappeared for a few days. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z With Cole’s laughter, hot tears escaped his reddened and angry eyes and flooded his cheeks. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z And sometime in the future, when the brothers and sisters had been raised up, escaped with him into the woods and left 12 behind forever. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Zizmo gave her a disapproving look, but she escaped behind her headphones. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Some escaped illegally across borders, slipping into neighboring countries. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The promise of an end to the journey that night and the thought that they had escaped both the fox and the patrol made them eager and responsive. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It took rather more time for me to realize that I had also immobilized myself, and had escaped from nothing whatever. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Where else could the remnant of Jewry that had escaped Hitler’s ovens go? The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The zoo staff immediately started searching for the escaped bear. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Somewhere, the escaped fairy princess was laughing to make the sun rise, and Jack and Sarah began to laugh, too. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z “The Boss was running away with some old magazines. Maybe he escaped.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The subtlety of it escaped the whites on the bus, but it in no way escaped the driver or the Negroes at the back. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Shin could not have escaped North Korea without an abundance of luck, especially at the border. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z The stale smoky air was better than the air he’d escaped from. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z So we look like normal people, not ones escaped from a river crossing. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z “Percy, there were only a few demigod warriors aboard that ship, and they all chose to batde for Kronos. Perhaps some heeded your warning and escaped. If they did not... they chose their path.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z ‘Not when he had escaped the unwelcome visitor, like Bilbo used to.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z ‘Then what happened after Bilbo escaped from him? Do you know that?’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Stuffing their mittens and wool caps into their pockets, they settled in conscious of their extraordinary good fortune in having escaped temporarily from the snowstorm. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Tufts of gray hair escaped from the braids beneath her beaded wrap, and more wrinkles than I thought humanly possible lined her face. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Olmsted, of course, knew that tremendous progress had been made, but it was the sort that escaped casual notice. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “I’ve been a prisoner before. And I escaped before,” he says. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Each time she escaped from her owner and came back to her father. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Now Holmes asked Ned if he would go inside and try shouting, so that Holmes could hear for himself how little sound escaped. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z As he wrote in his memoir, Long Road Home, he could never have escaped from Camp 14 because “the guards there acted as if they were on a war front.” Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z But she was not trying to argue her eldest into staying, even though she knew that if he escaped or died trying she and others in her family would be tortured and probably killed. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z He has also escaped his shackles beneath the earth and has returned to rip the throats of the warriors on the earth. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z “A tiger cub escaped, sir. We think she may be hiding here, and we’re asking the islanders to help us find her.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z The catastrophe was so great that for several moments no other sound escaped the keeper. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Nobody but themselves and Professor Dumbledore knew about how Sirius had escaped, or believed in his innocence. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z "I’m immortal, you fool! I have escaped Tartarus. You have no business here, and no chance to live." The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Training my lens on a pair of climbers approaching the summit, I noticed something that until that moment had escaped my attention. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z She scrambled up onto the platform, clapping her hands over her head, Dr. Fanning lunging at but missing her as she escaped onto center stage. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z One small section of wheat, on a little dogleg of my land, had escaped the storm. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The Great Mother had saved us, and we escaped without looking back. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z So even up at Oxford, other than playing her gramophone a little louder than she was permitted at home, she continued to lead the same small, tight life that she imagined she had escaped. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I escaped to the church as often as I could. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Art had escaped, or partially escaped, from Aristotle, and it had done so under the guidance of geometry and optics. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She drew it back with her fingers, but she was so engrossed in the reading that soon her hand dropped to the page and her hair escaped again, flying wildly in the wind. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z A black moth on a moonless night would not have escaped Shadow’s notice. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z For all Burnham’s obsession with detail and control, one event at the fair escaped his attention. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “What brings you here, my lord? The Blackfish? We heard how he escaped.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The present conclusion of experts is that “housefly control has escaped insecticidal techniques and once more must be based on general sanitation.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z There was one condition that must have been a matter of chagrin for the arsonists—all the farm animals were turned out to pasture during the summer nights and so escaped a fiery death. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z When the reading was over Daniel escaped to the kitchen and sat on his bed. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ll tell him I was attacked by a dog on the Dock Road and he ate the whole dinner and I’m lucky I escaped without being eaten myself. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Manolo admits even he talked, giving names of those who were already caught or had escaped abroad. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They tried to hide it by putting their hands over their mouths, but their laughter escaped through their fingers and fell tinkling onto the table. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Exactly where I’d go didn’t matter, as long as I escaped. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z We many of us had escaped, and so, upon the town’s falling, we would be conveyed to our former masters—at which thought, my spirits froze, thinking upon Mr. Sharpe and his devices. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z But others, probably overcome with smoke, escaped the worst of the flames and now lie reeking in various states of decomposition, carrion for scavengers, blanketed by flies. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z In 1944, he was captured by the Gestapo, but he escaped prison, thanks to his metalworking experience, which taught him how to make keys. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z They never found out, but it was now clear to them both that Fabyan’s power extended far beyond Riverbank, and that they had never really escaped him. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z We escaped bombs but missed the rescue ships. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z However vital, active, and nice-looking, an escaped android could hardly tell the truth; about itself, anyhow. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z A long sigh of relief escaped slowly through Yossarian’s mouth when he saw that Snowden was not in danger of dying. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z None of her old fears could compare with the wrenching loss she had just escaped. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I merely felt the need to satisfy myself that it had not escaped your attention . The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Inside the classroom, I take my seat, feeling infamous and invincible and twitchy and strangely exhilarated, as if I just escaped, well, death. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Here and there a Luddite holdout refuses to open an email account, just as thousands of years ago some human bands refused to take up farming and so escaped the luxury trap. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The request was made with such an earnest tone that not even a titter escaped the class. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It felt like they were dancing on a grave with no thought to the suffering they had escaped. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Ralph walked in the rear, thankful to have escaped responsibility for a time. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Dante kept telling the story about the man on the bus and the aliens in Roswell and how some had escaped to El Paso and were planning on taking over the transportation system. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z No living thing escaped, not even the rats. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Since the initial release of its specifications and performance charts back in August of 2020, most police agencies which dealt with escaped andys had been protesting. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Thick ringlets of dark hair escaped her bonnet, which also seemed to be made of buckskin. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z That was how I escaped my father’s aloofness, in my dead mother’s books. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z No one said a word to one another, as we all knew that we hadn’t completely escaped the madness. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z A thin wisp of silver escaped his wand and hovered like mist before him. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Mayor Matthews, him who plotted to kill General Washington, escaped from the rebel prison and returned to New York in triumph. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother had escaped El Generalissimo’s soldiers, leaving her own mother behind. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Written in invisible ink, they revealed the address where a bank robber—who had escaped before White became warden—was hiding out. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z No, Dany wanted to say, no, not that, you mustn’t, but when she opened her mouth, a long wail of pain escaped, and the sweat broke over her skin. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z A year later, Odessa made national news again when someone made the fateful mistake of accusing an escaped convict from Alabama named Leamon Ray Price of cheating in a high-stakes poker game. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z From now on he was an aeronaut no more, unless by some miracle he escaped with his life and found enough money to buy another balloon. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z After I escaped from Fake Uncle and Snake Man, a part of me has been running nonstop, and time has been running with me. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z I escaped up to the press box where Evan and Ian worked the baseball scoreboard controls and explained to them where Miles was and how I planned on hiding with them for the entire game. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z The breath escaped his lips in wheezing sighs. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He told and retold the story of the children of Israel, and how they escaped from bondage, to a group of slaves who were his followers. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “The third eldest liked a little of everything, so I made sure nothing escaped his interest.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z "You're the kid who ran up and down Manhattan and escaped the cops. Don't let all this celebrity stuff go to your head, all right? You're a long way from Hollywood." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The perilous journey into the interior, up rivers, wending mountain passes, and the dangers escaped: lions, serpents, man-killing plants, duplicitous guides. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z After a while, I begged homework and escaped to my room. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z It got trapped in a burning city and escaped, speaking bad French. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Something was bubbling on the stove that seemed to need his attention, so Jinny escaped and ran nimbly up the path, to start fresh. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Scabbers had been looking ill before he met Crookshanks...ever since Ron’s return from Egypt...since the time when Black had escaped.... Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z He escaped them and ran northward over the land towards the Ice, outrunning all who pursued him. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z For months, an explanation for my presence escaped them completely. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “Blimey, I hope they escaped,” said Ron, leaning back on his pillows. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The smell of fermented fruit was overpowering, and a haze of escaped flies lifted off the tables like a buzzing veil every time Morgan moved. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The U-boat was gone, and the Nazis had escaped. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Amari did not know the language of her captors, but she could tell they cursed as nets were cast overboard for the escaped slaves. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The women of Raskova’s regiments seem to have generally escaped assault and unwanted attention. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z For me to understand something that escaped me. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “He died fighting. He kept a whole company of Muscovites at bay while the man escaped. I found his body. He died bravely. I shall avenge him.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Because Jack worked hard and did not complain, he escaped the worst wrath of kapos and guards, though he received an occasional kick or blow like everyone else. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z On that skyblue December day, her wild, curly hair had escaped in wisps in the car wind. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought I had escaped the monsters, that I’d left them locked up behind an electric fence. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Like pilots everywhere they had escaped from their wives to talk about flying. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried it once and barely escaped when the train suddenly pulled out, bound for Ohio. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The topi escaped, but along the path Salva saw the bones of prey that had not been so fortunate. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “Tell me how you escaped from the Usurper.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She’d changed the meeting time to earlier so that her father and his staff could claim that she was the target and that she escaped only because of the last-minute scheduling adjustment. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I noticed with envy that she had escaped drastic coiffuric ministrations; her pale, silvery-blond hair hung down her back in two neat braids. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z This great transformation has escaped proper attention because it does not have a label, and it does not have a label primarily because it is three transformations rolled into one. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Just tell me you’re not an escaped convict or a mass murderer or something.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z And, there goes Mad Max; and, excuse me while I barf; and, look what escaped from the freak show; and, oh, my gawd that's disgusting. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z I tried holding my breath in, but air bubbles tickled my nostrils, and more escaped my lips. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z An inmate had escaped from the Rikers Island Visit Room that same summer, despite the many fail-safes. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But then the bird jabbed at Miss Wren with her beak and Miss Wren’s grasp slipped, and with a big flap of her wings Miss Peregrine nearly escaped from her hands. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z |
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