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present participle and gerund of escape examples
plural escapings
The act of one who escapes; an escape. examples
That which escapes or leaks out; an emission. quotations examples
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.
1947, Joseph Dever, No Lasting Home, page 406
Loud rumblings in the bunkhouse that night awakened the punchers often, with many rude comments made about the gastronomical escapings of certain people.
2006, William W. Johnstone, Gunsight Crossing