Fleeing

Examples

• Where Judy Trenor led, all the world would follow; and Lily had the doomed sense of the castaway who has signalled in vain to fleeing sails. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Roaring and shrieking the apes dashed toward Kulonga, but that wary savage was fleeing down the trail like a frightened antelope. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Nor does he need to check his speed to catch these seemingly faint records of the fleeing beast. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Her bow gun spoke again even as we looked, and another shell burst among the fleeing Warhoons. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Djor Kantos, son of Kantos Kan, and a padwar of the fifth utan joined us when his utan reached the opening through which the men were fleeing. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• At all events I had not the heart to turn the artillery upon such a mass of defeated and fleeing men, and I hoped to capture them soon. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• What was this outpouring of senseless bitterness but the tracked creature's attempt to cloud the medium through which it was fleeing? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• One day while playing thus Tarzan had thrown his rope at one of his fleeing companions, retaining the other end in his grasp. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Are you fleeing the police? Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.

Editor: Rosalie