How to Use escape room in a Sentence

escape room

noun
  • How to spend day or an evening there What is an escape room?
    Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 30 Aug. 2023
  • What happens in the Saw escape room does not stay in the Saw escape room.
    Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 1 Oct. 2023
  • But in a twist for an escape room, there is no clock and no real way to lose.
    Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Many games have tried to bring the escape room concept to the tabletop, but these games do the best job by far.
    Keith Law, Vulture, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Though there are puzzles, this isn’t akin to an escape room with a fail state.
    Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Concerts, speakeasies and escape rooms have played with the format, too.
    Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2023
  • An escape room attraction opened with the show as its theme.
    Rick Rojas, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2023
  • This is one of the five exciting escape rooms at Escape Hunt.
    Vicki Salemi, Chron, 15 Apr. 2023
  • There's also a House of Terror escape room with keys, locks, riddles, clues and lights.
    Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2024
  • The Room Escape Games also is a great spot for those who like to put their puzzle-solving skills to the test with an escape room.
    Alexandra Hardle, The Arizona Republic, 12 Sep. 2024
  • The sequel to 2019's Escape Room follows a group of strangers as they're forced to take part in a series of deadly escape rooms.
    Amy MacKelden, ELLE, 24 Feb. 2023
  • True to her word, the pop star popped up in the escape room, offering a magical surprise to the lucky fans inside.
    Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Older groups can amp up the Halloween theme by opting for a haunted or scary escape room.
    Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 14 June 2023
  • This is part of a larger trend of emotional escape rooms, says Sherman.
    Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 June 2023
  • For the past five years Los Angeles’ Hatch Escapes has been rethinking the escape room ground rules.
    Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Fans will be tasked with solving puzzles and riddles in an escape room based on the businessman’s life.
    Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 15 Oct. 2024
  • If you were trapped in an escape room and had to team up with other mystery/thriller writers or their characters, who would make the cut?
    Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Escape The Kitchen — Amateur chefs are trapped in an escape room kitchen and must solve cryptic puzzles to unlock each step of the recipe.
    Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • An escape room, a deli and a day care are looking to expand operations in Naperville.
    Suzanne Baker, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2023
  • Eubanks is seen hoisting another prop from the escape room and Mitchell poses for the group photo with a fake sword.
    Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 20 Mar. 2024
  • There are even two escape rooms (that do cost an additional point).
    Stefanie Waldek, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Jan. 2023
  • But there’s lots of fun beyond the pools and slides at the resort, like an arcade, ropes course, escape room, miles of outdoor hiking trails, and even goat yoga.
    Beth Luberecki, USA TODAY, 9 July 2024
  • However, the wine came before the escape room, which the couple didn't recommend.
    Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 11 Aug. 2024
  • At an escape room team-building event in 2018, job pressure overwhelmed Filbey.
    Aaron Pressman, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2023
  • Like martial arts, video games and anime, escape rooms were popular in Japan before arriving in the United States.
    Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Some escape rooms are more challenging than others, so your team will need all your focus and wits to help solve a myriad of puzzles and conundrums.
    Blaine Callahan, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Axe throwing is an additional fee that's separate from the escape room.
    Vicki Salemi, Chron, 15 Apr. 2023
  • Much like Final Destination or Saw, much imagination has gone into each of the deaths, and the escape rooms are genuinely scary.
    Amy MacKelden, ELLE, 24 Feb. 2023
  • The resort is open year-round and also offers non-water attractions such as a bowling alley, escape room and an indoor amusement park with a roller coaster.
    Gabi De La Rosa, Chron, 16 May 2023
  • Her first witness was the awkwardly sweet escape room designer, Aniq (Sam Richardson), who told his story in the style of a romantic comedy.
    Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 29 Dec. 2023

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