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How to use flee in a sentence

40 example sentences · verb

Flee means to run away; to escape. Example: “The prisoner tried to flee, but was caught by the guards.”

Examples of flee by meaning

verbTo run away; to escape.

  • The prisoner tried to flee, but was caught by the guards.
  • As they turned into Hertford Street they startled a robin from the poet's head on a barren fountain, and he fled away with a cameo note.1922, Michael Arlen, “Ep./4/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days
  • He appeared, a "monster of so frightful mien", with noise making apparatus which produced such a terrifying din that even the hardiest demon was likely to flee.1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 254

verbTo escape from.

  • Many people fled the country as war loomed.
  • Thousands of people moved northward trying to flee the drought.
  • The Government, having lit the fuse, is not going to be allowed to flee the explosion.1962 October, “Talking of Trains: Passed to you, Mr. Macmillan”, in Modern Railways, page 220

verbTo disappear quickly; to vanish; to fleet.

  • Ethereal products flee once freely exposed to air.

More sentences with flee

  • Many alumni come back for homecoming, and many freshmen are advised to flee.From the entry homecoming
  • The defendant was convicted in absentia after fleeing during the trial.From the entry in absentia
  • The stunning jolt from the taser gun made the criminal stop fleeing.From the entry stunning
  • During the Vietnam War, thousands of draft dodgers fled to Canada to avoid serving.From the entry draft dodger
  • When I saw her I fled on the spot man, me and her are opps.From the entry opp
  • Flights are beginning to book up as people flee the region.From the entry book up
  • A rangale fled across the road just a few feet in front of my car.From the entry rangale
  • Wary of hunters, the fleeing deer kept well out of the open, dodging instead from thicket to thicket.From the entry open
  • He fled to India, never to return.From the entry to
  • Authorities say the suspect fled on foot.From the entry authority
  • The instant the alarm went off, he fled the building.From the entry instant
  • He was denizened to Ireland after fleeing his home country.From the entry denizen
  • As I came in, she fled.From the entry as
  • In Judeo-Christian tradition, the Israelites fled bondage at the hands of the Egyptians, only to wander in the wilderness for the next four decades.From the entry bondage
  • The worsted army fled in disarray.From the entry worsted
  • She fled Iran and now lives in the German city of Düsseldorf.2026 February 2, “Strong Women - The Fight for Self-Determination”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 13 May 2026. From the entry self-confidence
  • Will people flee the slop, tolerate it, or even welcome it?2025 September, Kate Crawford, “Eating the Future: The Metabolic Logic of AI Slop”, in e-flux. From the entry farm
  • Roads crowded with fleeing refugees, and poor communications hampered Allied counteradvances.2020, David Luhrssen, World War II on Film, page 167. From the entry counteradvance
  • It’s shocking that two years after the ‘Pestminster’ scandal, female MPs are fleeing politics.2019 31 October, Catherine Mayer, “It’s shocking that two years after the ‘Pestminster’ scandal, female MPs are fleeing politics”, in The…. From the entry Pestminster
  • Chasing and fleeing, though, are not just sequences of muscle contractions—they are goal-directed.2018, Steven Pinker, “Chapter 2: Entro, Evo, Info”, in Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress, Penguin…. From the entry cybernetics
  • Crystal Easter comforts her dogs as they flee a wildfire in Spring Valley on Monday, August 6.2018 August 13, “Massive wildfires scorching California”, in CNN, archived from the original on 11 May 2026. From the entry Spring Valley
  • Beyond the cemetery walls just about anyone who can has gone, fled.2018, Paul French, City of Devils, Picador, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 234. From the entry Chapei
  • Under the protection of the aborigines, Hsieh Chen left Peinan Township and then fled to Chulu mountain.2018, Chun-ying (吳俊瑩) Wu, “二二八事件在臺東 [The February 28 Incident in Taitung]”, in 台灣文獻, volume 69, number 4, archived from the original on 26…. From the entry Peinan
  • And so the graafs mounted their huge steeds and fled, breaking through the enemy lines.2016, Daniel O’Malley, Stiletto, New York, N.Y.; Boston, Mass.; London: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 82. From the entry graaf
  • The tourists have fled, but there are often spells of good weather until Christmas.2015 August 16, Lawrence Durrell, From the Elephant's Back: Collected Essays & Travel Writings, University of Alberta, →ISBN. From the entry skirl
  • Whereas these latter would stand and fight off the corsairs, the Provençaux would flee or strike sails.2015, Peter N. Miller, Peiresc’s Mediterranean World, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 218. From the entry Provençaux
  • It said Zhou fled his home in Neihuang county Sunday after allegedly injuring three people.2013 August 20, “3 killed in central China bus stabbings”, in AP News, archived from the original on 08 Sep 2022. From the entry Neihuang
  • Max flees and tries to visit Sol, only to find that he has died.2010 November 16, Wikipedia contributors, “Pi (film)”, in English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation. From the entry Archimedean spiral
  • The teenager then fled to the mountains to join the mujahedeen.2009 February 1, Carlotta Gall, “An Afghan Secret Revealed Brings End of an Era”, in New York Times. From the entry mujahedeen
  • The manthings had invaded their home, killing many and forcing them to flee.2009, Clint Romag, Fury of the Sasquatch. From the entry manthing
  • At other times we flee from an imaginary Castilianism only to fall into a real one.2009, Pompeu Fabra, translated by Alan Yates, The Architect of Modern Catalan, John Benjamins Publishing, →ISBN, page 125. From the entry Castilianism
  • They were looking for beggars, but they had all fled from town.2008, Zsuzsa Hetényi, In a Maelstrom: The History of Russian-Jewish Prose (1860-1940). From the entry black wedding
  • So feignful for its creator to flee in glee as the mighty vessel was capsizing before him.2008, Sean C. Cusack, Code 3: The Rise & Fall of a Private Ambulance Empire, page 401. From the entry feignful

Meaning of flee

  1. verb To run away; to escape.
  2. verb To escape from.
  3. verb To disappear quickly; to vanish; to fleet.

Full definition of flee

Questions about flee in a sentence

How do you use flee in a sentence?
Flee is used as a verb. For example: “The prisoner tried to flee, but was caught by the guards.”
What is a short sentence with flee?
“As I came in, she fled.”
What does flee mean?
Flee means to run away; to escape.

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