Examples of 'captive' in a sentence
Meaning of "captive"
The adjective 'captive' refers to being imprisoned or confined, often against one's will
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- One who has been captured or is otherwise confined.
- One held prisoner.
- One charmed or subdued by beauty, excellence, or affection; one who is captivated.
- Held prisoner; not free; confined.
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He holds them captive before he kills them.
Captive collection managers and veterinary professionals.
They were held captive by dozens of tiny screws.
Captive tigers do not save wild ones.
The screw remains captive on the wallplate.
And captive good attending captain ill.
We have at our disposal a captive audience of schoolchildren.
Held captive in my own office like a prisoner.
The dead held us captive in their absence.
A captive audience for your witless prattle.
Schoolchildren offer a captive and credulous audience.
This captive reinsurance company is fully consolidated.
I love to see you captive of your billions.
Captive financial institutions and money lenders.
I held you captive for quite a while.
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Captive bolt free bullet not permitted.
They held me captive for nine months.
Captive use and captive sales tonnes.
Wade was held captive here for years.
A captive operates only to offer it reinsurance protection.
And my conscience is captive to the word of god.
Captive audiences across the nation have.
Those who held me captive should be punished.
Captive parrots commonly perform a range of stereotypies.
Samuel is holding captive the woman i love.
A captive pair displayed by raising their plumes.
Poverty beckons and my captive is also my rival.
Held captive and raped and robbed.
Showering onto the captive beetles below.
Captive coal mine strike ties up production.
Remains of the captive will be held for.
And they that carried us away captive.
Granting of captive mining rights iron ore.
They could be holding someone captive or worse.
You got a captive audience right here.
Sixteen abducted humanitarian workers remain captive.
You held me captive in your false embrace.
And my eldest son is still his captive.
You are a captive of the merciless trolls now.
You had no right to keep him captive.
She was held captive in one of the bungalows.
There is something about being held captive by someone.
So is not being held captive by a shadowy government agency.
A most savage warlord holds him captive.
The evil is captive to guns and sin.
They tried in vain to hold him captive.
As the sun is held captive in the dark.
It was last year when she held us captive.
They have been held captive ever since.
Agents DiNozzo and McGee were held captive.
