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How to use narrow escape in a sentence

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A family of four from Pewsey has spoken of its narrow escape from the flooding disaster that devastated the Cornish village of Boscastle.
Motorists had a narrow escape when a lorry carrying heavy scrap metal crashed into a bridge, shedding its load.
A lawyer and his family who had a narrow escape in the tsunami disaster are working in two hospitals to help the injured survivors.
A lorry driver and his colleague had a narrow escape when a brick hurled by youths struck just centimetres from the windscreen.
A Cranmore woman had a narrow escape when a bullet smashed through the front window of her car during last weekend's shooting.
A Kirkby Lonsdale woman had a narrow escape when lightning struck the shop she was working in as a violent thunderstorm engulfed the town.
We opted for the bottled water and thanked our lucky stars for our narrow escape.
The implication reminded Smollett of a narrow escape from a duello at Ghent in 1749 with a Frenchman.
Her 18-month old baby had a narrow escape when an attic ceiling collapsed close to her cot.
An Ambleside man had a narrow escape after stumbling and sinking up to his armpits in a bog while walking on the Lake District fells, reports Paul Duncan.
A dream holiday in the Caribbean turned into a narrow escape for a pair of friends from Trowbridge as they found themselves in the path of a hurricane.
The only light relief is the story of a narrow escape from death.
Customers and staff at the hotel had a narrow escape after a masked man threw a holdall containing an explosive device into the reception area.
In Tadcaster, a man had a narrow escape early today when he hit a wall of flood water on the B1223, near Ulleskelf, and aquaplaned across a road into a ditch.
When I went to live there, I had to face a narrow escape from the aerial bombing of that area.
Residents in a block of flats in Epsom had a narrow escape on Valentine's Day when a fire in a basement flat threatened to engulf the three-storey block.
More recently he had a narrow escape when a motorist suddenly changed lanes and crossed right in front of him, forcing him to swerve to avoid a collision.
The first recorded sighting of the Loch Ness Monster dates from the 6th century when one of Saint Columba's monks had a narrow escape from its jaws.
On March 10, the Evening Press reported that four householders in the village had a narrow escape when a car skidded off the road and ploughed into two houses.
No serious injuries were reported but the car driver had a narrow escape.
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Examples from Classical Literature
Major Janeway also had a narrow escape, a ball passing so close to his forehead as to redden the skin.
I owe you some amends, for you have had a narrow escape of your life this night.
We had not only had a narrow escape from the Germans, but also from the dangers of a minefield.
I remembered my narrow escape from the rogue elephant, and scarcely expected to be so fortunate again.
The narrow escape with the time bomb had robbed him of his confidence in the crew.
Lieutenant Albert Werper had only the prestige of the name he had dishonored to thank for his narrow escape from being cashiered.
When his father was living at Whitby he had another narrow escape.
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