EGRESS in a Sentence

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Example sentences for EGRESS, such as:

1. The smoke disappeared under the stones, and had to seek its own egress.
2. I guessed, by his preparations, that egress was allowed, and, leaving my hard couch, made a movement to follow him.
3. A small door, close to the lodge of the concierge, gave ingress and egress to the servants and masters when they were on foot.
4. The wounded were transported as tenderly as possible out of the main egress from the bowl, it being impractical to use the other.

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 Meanings and Examples of EGRESS
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
egress
 n.  act of coming or going out; emergence; right to leave; path or opening for going out
Classic Sentence:
1  The smoke disappeared under the stones, and had to seek its own egress.
Andersen's Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen
Context  Highlight   In THE SNOW QUEEN
2  A small door, close to the lodge of the concierge, gave ingress and egress to the servants and masters when they were on foot.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 39. The Guests.
3  I guessed, by his preparations, that egress was allowed, and, leaving my hard couch, made a movement to follow him.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
4  When she had laid the supper-cloth, the bridge was lowered to give her means of egress, and she withdrew for the night.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXV
Example Sentence:
1  The wounded were transported as tenderly as possible out of the main egress from the bowl, it being impractical to use the other.