Examples of 'were taken captive' in a sentence
Meaning of "were taken captive"
were taken captive: To be captured and held as a prisoner, usually in a war or conflict. This phrase is used in the context of being forcibly detained or held against one's will
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were taken captive
These soldiers were taken captive and unarmed.
A number of her fellow soldiers were taken captive.
The insurgents who were taken captive were also murdered.
Jerusalem was burned and the people were taken captive.
They were taken captive and just got back.
The mercenaries remaining were taken captive.
Two guards were taken captive and later freed.
All the women and children were taken captive.
Years were taken captive.
The remaining garrison and their families were taken captive.
The rest were taken captive.
One man was killed and another seven were taken captive.
My people were taken captive.
Their houses were burnt and their wives and children were taken captive.
He and others were taken captive.
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Many were taken captive or killed by the Nazis.
A few thousand were taken captive.
We were taken captive.
Surviving defenders were taken captive.
You were taken captive.
She and tens of other women and children were taken captive on the same day.
Some were taken captive.
Some from among them were killed by the Muslim army and some were taken captive.
His wife and adult daughter were taken captive for about three weeks.
They were taken captive by the Palatinate forces.
A large number of Mongols were taken captive and killed.
We were taken captive again in Babylon.
Israelite aristocrats were taken captive to Babylon.
After hours of heavy fighting, Merritt and his men were taken captive.
Four sisters were taken captive by the Cheyenne.
This became especially critical when the Jews were taken captive to Babylon.
The rest were taken captive by the Indians.
Several SLA soldiers were taken captive.
Those who were taken captive to Assyria never returned to their own country.
His brother and children were taken captive to Rome.
The people were taken captive into Babylon just as God warned.
The commanders David and Constantine were taken captive.
Some believed they were taken captive by Imperial Japanese forces.
A total of fifty-three women and children were taken captive.
Eleven Israeli soldiers were taken captive by Egyptian forces.
Ebenezer was released at the farm, but Frances and the Kingsley boy were taken captive.
Thousands were taken captive to Babylon.
When the temple was destroyed, the Jews were taken captive.
The piranhas were taken captive out of the Amazon Basins and South America waters.
The surviving Israelites were taken captive to Babylon.
An alliance of four kings attacked Sodom, and Lot and many others were taken captive.
Many of the subjects of Ahaz were taken captive and carried to Damascus.
In the raid, three Cocopah men were killed and two women were taken captive.
Many were killed ; those who survived were taken captive and expelled from the island.
But soon Judah was sinning even worse than Israel ; and they too, were taken captive.
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