Examples of 'narrowly escaped' in a sentence

Meaning of "narrowly escaped"

Describes a situation where someone or something narrowly avoided or barely survived a dangerous or harmful event. It indicates a close call or a near miss

How to use "narrowly escaped" in a sentence

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narrowly escaped
I narrowly escaped being run out of town on a rail.
Hayes was wounded and narrowly escaped capture.
I just narrowly escaped death by winged beast.
Smith and his partner narrowly escaped.
They narrowly escaped with their lives.
Chamberlain was wounded and narrowly escaped capture.
Domitian narrowly escaped with his life.
Gorbatyuk quickly jumped into a trench and narrowly escaped.
They narrowly escaped without even realizing it.
On six occasions he narrowly escaped arrest.
They narrowly escaped detention multiple times.
The police bomb technician narrowly escaped the explosion.
He had narrowly escaped capture last year.
A prominent government opponent in exile narrowly escaped an attempt on his life.
He narrowly escaped being shot for sabotage.

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How they would narrowly escaped death.
And narrowly escaped being mounted on the wall.
The farmer had narrowly escaped death.
I narrowly escaped being run over by a car.
The soldiers narrowly escaped death.
I narrowly escaped being run over by a truck.
Walpole very narrowly escaped arrest.
I narrowly escaped the controlled burn.
Cortez himself narrowly escaped capture.
He narrowly escaped a kick from under the table.
He and his family narrowly escaped the machetes.
He narrowly escaped from being drowned.
After repatriation he narrowly escaped death from typhus.
He narrowly escaped with his life.
Murphy was renowned for having narrowly escaped death on many occasions.
Tom narrowly escaped being run over.
Pandora reappears after having narrowly escaped its cyborgs pursuers.
They narrowly escaped death that day.
Sobolewicz suffered severe burns in the fire and narrowly escaped death.
He only narrowly escaped the death penalty.
Sealy lost most of its licensees and narrowly escaped bankruptcy itself.
Vice narrowly escaped being run over.
One hit the front of his car and he narrowly escaped injury.
The boy narrowly escaped drowning.
Only son were captured when he himself so narrowly escaped from the fire.
Khan has narrowly escaped from death twice.
Her father saw many people die and often narrowly escaped death himself.
Hitler narrowly escaped an assassination attempt.
The whole camp is talking about the patient who narrowly escaped the grave.
Several times he narrowly escaped death or capture.
I narrowly escaped from a rushing truck and horrible fire.
Other ships narrowly escaped damage.
I narrowly escaped and came here to warn of the coming danger.
Three days later he narrowly escaped a fire in his garage.
We narrowly escaped getting walloped by the skin of our teeth.

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Examples of using Narrowly
I narrowly escaped being run out of town on a rail
Serbian parliament narrowly approves new government
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Examples of using Escaped
Some guy escaped from an insane asylum
I did not tell the girls she escaped
And then she escaped from hiding
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