Sentence examples for escaped against from inspiring English sources

U.C.L.A. 73, ARIZONA STATE 68: Billy Knight scored a career-high 23 points as No. 24 U.C.L.A., playing at home, escaped against scrappy Arizona State.

MEMPHIS 65, SAMFORD 54 Adonis Thomas scored 16 points, and No. 17 Memphis escaped against visiting Samford (1-3) in an opening game of the Battle 4 Atlantis Tournament.

Morehead State inched past Louisville, 62-61, with a last-minute flurry, and Butler escaped against Pittsburgh after the Bulldogs' Matt Howard was fouled 90 feet from his basket with eight-tenths of a second left, then made the winning free throw.

The Bulldogs, who avoided three SEC West powers in No. 9 Louisiana State, No. 10 Texas A&M and, until Saturday, Alabama, fell flat on their face in a 35-7 loss to South Carolina, then No. 6, and escaped against Florida, 17-9, when the Gators were ranked third nationally.

Despite escaping against the Vikings, the Giants underwent an overhaul and lived to tell about it.

Escape against the odds is an appealing story, but only when it contains nuance, surprise and ambiguity.

That desperate desire to escape, against almost impossible odds, exposes him to cultural discombobulation and the seamier aspects of the business of baseball.

Without those four players, the Giants struggled to escape against an Eagles team (5-8) that was playing without four of its best offensive players (quarterback Donovan McNabb, wide receiver Terrell Owens, running back Brian Westbrook and center Hank Fraley) as well as cornerback Lito Sheppard.

So she escaped the crimes against food?

He escaped a coup against him by the Phalangist, Samir Geagea, and went to study in Damascus.

Hell Is a City (Val Guest, 1960) This jazzy, snappy thriller from Hammer pits lonely, hard-case cop Stanley Baker against escaped criminal John Crawford in smoggy Manchester.