How to Use escape hatch in a Sentence

escape hatch

noun
  • It’s being sucked out of the escape hatch in the middle of space.
    — John Archibald | [email protected], al, 17 May 2022
  • Erin left me an escape hatch to back out of the story, but I was soon hooked.
    — Amanda Holpuch, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2023
  • Some of the victims crawled out of the emergency exit in the back of the bus and an escape hatch on the roof.
    — David Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2018
  • So, was there a crew member awake and on watch, since the fire was able to block escape hatches?
    — Fox News, 6 Sep. 2019
  • The idea of FishED is to slow down the speed of the water so these creatures can make their way out and give them an escape hatch.
    — Catalina Righter, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 5 Aug. 2019
  • The escape hatch might not be used, but the Cowboys believe it’s better to have it.
    — Michael Gehlken, Dallas News, 27 Aug. 2021
  • For a lucky few who have the right paperwork and appear healthy, the bridge is in fact a rare escape hatch.
    — Gerry Shih, Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2020
  • Yes, there's an escape hatch as your travel date draws near.
    — Dawn Gilbertson, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2020
  • Instead of trying to drum Snyder out, the N.F.L. showed him an escape hatch.
    — Jenny Vrentas, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The team has an escape hatch in his contract in 2025, which means this could be a de facto contract year for him.
    — Dan Pompei, The Athletic, 15 July 2024
  • All of this pointed to the males in the family as the likely source of the escape hatch to the normal paternal dead-end.
    — Cathleen O'Grady, Ars Technica, 28 Nov. 2018
  • Toward the stern, an escape hatch located above one of the bunks led to a mess area next to the galley — and just a few feet from the large, open main deck.
    — Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2019
  • The night sky program and all the exhibits were yet another escape hatch.
    — Forrest Brown, CNN, 23 July 2024
  • The Purge add an excellent bit of tension in trying to figure out when to team up and when to make a run for it to the escape hatch to win the game.
    — Rob Wieland, Forbes, 20 May 2021
  • Yes, the flea-flicker was risky and could have been intercepted and offered an escape hatch for the Vikings.
    — Vahe Gregorian, kansascity, 23 Jan. 2018
  • Again, pointing to the frustration itself is the escape hatch.
    — Jessica Lynne, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Still, if a filmmaker pays Film Threat for a review and the movie is deemed awful, the site provides an escape hatch.
    — Christopher Null, WIRED, 7 Feb. 2024
  • An escape hatch is needed, and carbon capture and storage (CCS) is the method that has been studied the most and is the most viable.
    — Ian Palmer, Forbes, 1 May 2022
  • Manfred still has an escape hatch Rob Manfred is trapped.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Feb. 2020
  • Authorities say the exit on the Conception — along with an escape hatch that opens up near the dive deck on the boat — was blocked by fire .
    — Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2019
  • That is, until her friends open a small escape hatch for her by blasting her favorite song through a walkman.
    — Nojan Aminosharei, Harper's BAZAAR, 1 June 2022
  • The group included the ship's captain, who told them that a rear escape hatch was engulfed in fire and that the crew could do nothing to help the passengers.
    — CBS News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • After Jen’s left the Road with her prize of power, Billy and Agatha are left to puzzle out their own escape hatches.
    — Caroline Framke, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
  • His sense of oppression never quite left him, nor did the compulsion to find an escape hatch.
    — Charles Baxter, Harper's Magazine, 27 Apr. 2020
  • Their only two exits were blocked by fire, including a small escape hatch above a bunk bed.
    — Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 5 Sep. 2019
  • The bunkroom had one exit through a ladderwell in the forward part of the compartment, as well as an emergency escape hatch in the rear.
    — Matthias Gafni, SFChronicle.com, 12 Sep. 2019
  • In Josh’s opinion, nothing is keeping him in New York City — so why not give himself an escape hatch?
    — refinery29.com, 11 July 2018
  • The video settles briefly on a person opening the Conception’s escape hatch.
    — Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2019
  • The people on the 50-foot catamaran, called the Serenity, called for help after the vessel started taking on water following the failure of a gasket on the escape hatch.
    — David Matthews, New York Daily News, 11 Nov. 2024
  • Platform engineering has provided a useful escape hatch at just the right time.
    — Justin Warren, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024

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