escaped

Definitions

verb Simple past tense and past participle of escape.
adjective That or who has escaped, especially from prison or another place of confinement.

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The devil a thing escaped them but a cat, which did _not_ come within the meaning of any act of parliament: -- _the cats only had escaped_.

Handy Andy, Volume 2 — a Tale of Irish Life Samuel Lover 1832
His name escaped on a whisper of breath as she gripped the sheets at her hips and rose to meet his mouth, to urge him to take her wherever he wanted to go with her.

Risk No Secrets Cindy Gerard 2010
He had been in this place before, but the name escaped him for the moment.

LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009
He had been in this place before, but the name escaped him for the moment.

LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009
He had been in this place before, but the name escaped him for the moment.

LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009
Her name escaped from his lips in a soft whisper even as she relaxed against him and her eyes grew wide.

Sweet Defiance Lisa Bingham 1995
Her name escaped from his lips in a soft whisper even as she relaxed against him and her eyes grew wide.

Sweet Defiance Lisa Bingham 1995
The name escaped unconsciously from her lips in a whisper, then again, “Lindy.”

Moments in Time Mariah Stewart 1995
Her name escaped from his lips in a soft whisper even as she relaxed against him and her eyes grew wide.

Sweet Defiance Lisa Bingham 1995
Her arms were flung around his neck just as his name escaped her lips.

Almost a Whisper Charlene Cross 1994