escaping

Definition

The act of one who escapes; an escape.

Example Sentences

• "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."