"escaping from captivity" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used in various contexts, but it typically refers to someone or something breaking free from confinement or imprisonment. Example: The prisoners were planning their escape from captivity for months, and finally, they were successful in escaping through a secret tunnel.
Asked to hypnotize Heather Sophie Stuckeyy), a traumatized little girl who has remained catatonic after escaping from captivity, he pries out clues to her ordeal, which involved blood transfusions, a ritual tattoo and imprisonment in a wicker basket.
Many species introduced by humans for social and economic benefits have invaded new ranges by escaping from captivity.
Many believed that the animal must have been released or had escaped from captivity.
Finally, early in 1333 the emperor, encouraged by reports of victory, bribed his guards and escaped from captivity.
(This style of dress was derived from illustrations in a book by the 16th-century Hessian soldier Hans Staden, who had escaped from captivity among the Tupinambá of Brazil).
In 1186 Igor escaped from captivity and returned to Novgorod-Seversky, where he resumed his rule but drifted into relative insignificance.
Colin Trevorrow's Jurassic Park follow-up stars Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard as theme park workers battling to contain the giant Indominus Rex when it escapes from captivity.
They can escape from captivity by shouting to other players, "Free me!" But if gym class is kinder and gentler these days, it is also more goal-oriented.
It is 1816, and we are tracking the movements of an African just escaped from captivity — a slavecatcher already on his trail — steering his crudely carved dugout toward Florida, where he believes some possibility of liberation awaits.
Again imprisoned, this time on a charge of witchcraft, he escaped from captivity in 1591 and was deprived by Parliament of his lands and titles; as an outlaw his career was one of extraordinary lawlessness.
Some of the Kunekune pigs, which have become popularised as pets by celebrities including David Beckham, Miley Cyrus and George Clooney, are believed to have escaped from captivity and bred with farm pigs.
