How to Use escape artist in a Sentence

escape artist

noun

• Harry Houdini became famous as an escape artist.
• And on Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m., the escape artist Adam Rinn, a.k.a.
  — Laurel Graeber, New York Times, 12 July 2018
• But the fire ants in Hu’s lab are also adroit escape artists.
  — Quanta Magazine, 9 Apr. 2014
• That's pretty run-of-the-mill for a puppy, but the dog also became quite the escape artist.
  — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 11 Oct. 2016
• On camera, anyone can be made to look like an escape artist.
  — Jackson Landers, Smithsonian, 9 Jan. 2017
• Legend has it that the inventor taught the escape artist how to pick his product.
  — David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 May 2021
• Instead, the escape artist turned out to be a type of spitting cobra native to Africa.
  — Washington Post, 2 July 2021
• The escape artist continues to struggle with the pesky gate, sliding around on the floor like a toddler on ice skates.
  — Alexis Hobbs, Woman's Day, 10 Aug. 2015
• For a master escape artist like Johnson, this crisis shows all the signs of sticking around.
  — Mark Landler, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Jan. 2022
• The great escape artist is even name-dropped in the show - a thrilling mix of large-scale illusions, comedy and mind-reading.
  — Laura Demarco, cleveland.com, 30 Dec. 2017
• An escape artist like DeRozan can only be as creative as his tools allow.
  — Rob Mahoney, SI.com, 26 Feb. 2018
• Mister Miracle is a super-escape artist who grew up on the hellish planet Apokolips.
  — Michael Rapoport, WSJ, 16 Oct. 2017
• Tegus are skilled escape artists, Carlow says, and this is hardly the first time one has gotten loose in Massachusetts.
  — Annie Roth, National Geographic, 3 July 2019
• The students applauded, and the classmate proclaimed him New Orleans’ youngest escape artist.
  — The Arizona Republic, 29 Dec. 2022
• His nickname, The Serpent, stems from his reputation as a disguise and escape artist.
  — Binaj Gurubacharya, ajc, 23 Dec. 2022
• Cats and dogs can be cunning escape artists, especially when an open door beckons.
  — Karen Asp, Good Housekeeping, 30 July 2018
• From the outset, Haynes was a sort of escape artist, compulsively immersing himself in art.
  — John Lahr, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2019
• But then, just a few years back, Merle Unger Jr., one of the most notorious escape artists of our time, discovered an ingenious (and legal) way to get them out.
  — Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2017
• What the Balkins wound up seeing was a hilarious soon-to-be viral video of their twins demonstrating some impressive (and adorable) escape artist skills.
  — Caralynn Lippo, Redbook, 20 Mar. 2017
• Gertie’s owners, Connie Frick and Lynn Herman, describe her as a sweet dog and an excellent escape artist.
  — Jessica Schmidt and Maggy McDonel, The Enquirer, 20 July 2021
• During escape artist Lord Nil's underwater act, Mel B slammed the buzzer in the middle of his heart-pounding performance because she was stressed.
  — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 29 Aug. 2018
• The touring show featuring stunt performers, escape artists and other acts with talents that defy reason will be at the Fox for three shows this weekend.
  — Greg Crawford, Freep.com, 27 Nov. 2019
• Goodwin's friend and fellow escape artist Jonathon Bryce also shared a tribute to his pal Saturday on Instagram.
  — Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com, 17 Oct. 2021
• With a pair of defensive linemen dragging him to the ground, the escape artist who doubles as a quarterback made a backward flip to running back Carlos Hyde that set up Houston's first touchdown.
  — Eddie Pells, orlandosentinel.com, 3 Nov. 2019
• Sobhraj’s nickname, The Serpent, stems from his reputation as a talented disguise and escape artist.
  — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 21 Dec. 2022
• The original Houdini was a legendary escape artist, but our specialty was letting few things leave.
  — Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 8 June 2020
• The accident occurred during a show rehearsal Thursday night and involved escape artist Jonathan Goodwin.
  — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 15 Oct. 2021
• What does this Barbie-singer-podcaster have in common with famed escape artist Harry Houdini?
  — Vulture, 9 Nov. 2023
• At its forefront are folks like these, escape artists who, undeterred by borders and budgets, are making cultural connections all over the globe.
  — Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon, Essence, 19 Nov. 2019
• Her works can be found in the collections of America’s great museums, and she is justly regarded not as an escape artist, but as one of modern art’s true originals.
  — Washington Post, 8 June 2023

Last Updated: 6 Nov 2024