Examples of 'been held captive' in a sentence

Meaning of "been held captive"

been held captive - To be detained or imprisoned against one's will. This phrase is used to describe a situation where a person is forcibly confined by another individual or group

How to use "been held captive" in a sentence

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been held captive
They have been held captive ever since.
He is shocked by how long he has been held captive.
Has been held captive in her home.
American who had been held captive.
I had been held captive for weeks.
But she may also have been held captive.
I have been held captive against my will.
Of where he could have been held captive.
You have been held captive indeed.
That was just blown up a few cliques from where you have been held captive.
We have both been held captive by a monster.
This is an American journalist who 's been held captive.
I have been held captive by three nuns.
Freedom is not possible when you have been held captive your entire life.
It has been held captive for years.

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I am looking for a woman who 's been held captive here.
You have been held captive by his desires for too long.
For centuries the true people of God have been held captive by manmade religious systems.
I have been held captive by barbarians on the other side of the mountain.
Her daughter Sky has been held captive all her life.
He had been held captive longer than any other hostage held by the rebels.
How long have you been held captive here?
I have been held captive by Leezar in the Tower of Disorder.
You barely escaped massacre. You have been held captive.
She had been held captive for a week and raped daily.
As a child, Lucie escapes a building where she has been held captive and tortured.
It is revealed she has been held captive in an abandoned mental hospital for years.
You have been sullied by the heathen. You have been held captive.
The girls have now been held captive for over five months.
John Cantlie, an experienced journalist and photographer, has twice been held captive in Syria.
Many people have been held captive in their circumstances by their own words.
The Sheriff 's Department did not say how long the siblings may have been held captive.
I have been held captive by Leezar.
March - Kurdish rebels free eight Turkish citizens who have been held captive for two years.
I have been held captive by Leezar in the Tower of Disorder since I was but a child.
Brazil's beloved child has been held captive in her home for hours.
If I would taken the blame, I would have been killed, you would have been held captive.
But I have been held captive here at Heart Tower like a damsel in distress.
And it occurred to me, I have always been held captive by my desire for attention.
He 's been held captive for three months.
This is an American journalist who 's been held captive almost a year now in Chechnya.
They 'd been held captive for centuries, being treated as slaves.
For the Inuit, the aurora would have been held captive on rocks in Labrador.
Me? But I have been held captive here at Heart Tower like a damsel in distress.
To the sex dungeon where I have been held captive for decades?
Help! Help! I have been held captive by barbarians on the other side of the mountain.
Four remaining OSCE observers who had been held captive since 29 May have been set free.
Ibrahim has been held captive under the illegal administrative detention since January, 2016.
I am looking for a woman who 's been held captive here . Anything, anything.
He had been held captive since last year, November 26, at a hotel in Menaka, north-eastern Mali.

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