Examples of 'they were trapped' in a sentence

Meaning of "they were trapped"

they were trapped - This phrase indicates that a group of individuals or objects were confined or stuck in a particular place or situation from which they were unable to escape. It suggests a sense of helplessness or being unable to move freely

How to use "they were trapped" in a sentence

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they were trapped
Fifty years ago they were trapped in poverty.
They were trapped in that car for hours.
The ladder broke and they were trapped.
They were trapped by the network of reinforcing bars.
They are then returned to where they were trapped.
They were trapped in the container and gassed.
Those cats are released where they were trapped.
It is not clear if they were trapped deliberately or by accident.
They were caught quickly because they were trapped.
Because they were trapped in their own limitations.
She and her family realised they were trapped.
They were trapped but they refused to budge.
People called to say they were trapped in their homes.
They were trapped in their little sleeping cages.
It is unknown how long they were trapped.

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Often they were trapped into debt cycle.
Two office workers were killed when they were trapped in an elevator.
But they were trapped as the water.
The ships were shaking as if they were trapped in a storm out at sea.
They were trapped under the trailer.
Some people said they were trapped for about an hour.
They were trapped in their car for two days.
It was as though they were trapped in a storm.
They were trapped in an elevator with you.
It appeared as though they were trapped with no way out.
They were trapped in the south stairwell.
And they were indicating that they were trapped.
They were trapped and killed in an ambush.
It did not take them long to realize that they were trapped.
And they were trapped and caught.
Their skeletons were actually preserved standing upright where they were trapped.
They were trapped in the ice for two years.
They wanted to pretend they were trapped to win two days of negotiation.
They were trapped there until my people rescued them.
I think they were trapped.
They were trapped inside the rock.
Report said that they were trapped inside and bled out.
They were trapped inside their boat by the flames.
The people had thought that they were trapped because of the water.
They were trapped in an alien world.
The cats will then be returned to the area where they were trapped.
And then they were trapped in the car.
The captain and the sergeant knew perfectly well they were trapped.
Why they were trapped in the box.
They sat down on chairs of oblivion where they were trapped for years.
They realized they were trapped in an unending free fall.
They are unable to move past their experiences and they were trapped in the past.
They were trapped in a house of horrors.
The building had collapsed and they were trapped there for four days.
They were trapped in the pool.

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