Examples of 'she was purchased' in a sentence

Meaning of "she was purchased"

she was purchased: usually used in a figurative sense, means that someone has been acquired or brought under control, often referring to a person being manipulated or controlled by another

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she was purchased
Anecdotal sources suggest that she was purchased by him.
She was purchased to be his wife.
A fund raising effort was undertaken and she was purchased by the group.
She was purchased by Sakura in exchange for her kimono.
At some now unknown date, she was purchased by the Navy.
She was purchased directly from one of Orions wealthy traders.
He betrothed Israel unto Himself that night, and thus she was purchased with His blood.
She was purchased through a port security grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
San Diego, where she was purchased.
She was purchased by Atlantis Submarines Hawaii, who scuttled it as an artificial reef.
She was a successful privateer before she was purchased for the Continental Navy in 1776.
She was purchased to dredge the material for Chicago World 's Fair.
She served until 1976 when she was purchased by Peru and renamed Aguirre.
She was purchased by the British on 5 September and renamed HMS Havant.
As a child, she was purchased by Nikarete of Corinth.

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She was purchased by North Vancouver, but proved too slow, and was abandoned.
Around 390 BC she was purchased by Nikarete, a madam from Corinth.
She was purchased by the Greek Government and was delivered to Salamis Naval Base in 1886.
In 1956, she was purchased outright and attached to HMCS Venture at Esquimalt.
She was purchased by the Admiralty as a repair ship in 1942, and renamed Wayland.
In 1935 she was purchased by the Italian Government and renamed to Umbria.
She was purchased in 1898 by the government of Argentina, engaged in a diplomatic conflict with Chile.
In 2002 she was purchased by an Icelandic consortium led by the region of Southern Peninsula.
She was purchased in 1771 and renamed Rayleigh, then renamed Adventure later that year.
She was purchased in 2008 and relocated in the tropical waters of South East Asia.
She was purchased by Holland America Line while under construction, and launched on 6 July 1922.
She was purchased by Silversea Cruises in autumn 2007, and underwent a multimillion-pound refit at Fincantieri, Trieste.
She was purchased by the Venezuelan Navy in 1946 and renamed ARV Constitución.
She was purchased in 1996 as a bare hull from the bankrupt C & N yard in Portsmouth Harbour.
She was purchased in 1850 as HMS Refuge but renamed HMS Resolute later that year.

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