escaping

/ɪsˈkeɪpɪŋ/

noun 2

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ADJ.

rigorous, small

VERB + ESCAPING

abetted, fled, fly, gas, prevent, saw, seems, time

ESCAPING + NOUN

canada, classroom, lips, penalty, prison, room, tom, warden

PREP.

from, from, in, than

Definitions

noun

The act of one who escapes; an escape.

That which escapes or leaks out; an emission.

The faint, yet growing escapings of gas were in her nostrils as she slumped into a chair and began painfully to scrawl on the paper.

Loud rumblings in the bunkhouse that night awakened the punchers often, with many rude comments made about the gastronomical escapings of certain people.

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The faint, yet growing escapings of gas were in her nostrils as she slumped into a chair and began painfully to scrawl on the paper.

Wiktionary

Loud rumblings in the bunkhouse that night awakened the punchers often, with many rude comments made about the gastronomical escapings of certain people.

Wiktionary

I caught sight of a fly escaping from the room.

Tatoeba · #35499

Gas was escaping from a crack in the pipe.

Tatoeba · #35520

Gas seems to be escaping from the pipe.

Tatoeba · #63755

She abetted him in escaping from prison.

Tatoeba · #316482

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