Sentence examples for a captives from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a captives" is not correct in written English.
It should be "captives" without the article "a," as "captives" is a plural noun.
Example: "The captives were finally released after months of negotiation."
Alternatives: "the prisoners" or "the hostages."

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To physically threaten a captive, to sexually humiliate a captives (using female interrogators or pornography), or insult their religion (by defiling the Koran) is abhorrent," Lt-Col Mercer said.

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A year later he was a captive, and Bob Bergdahl began his vigil.

A person setting up a captive under section 831(b) of the Internal Revenue Code can put up to $1.2 million a year into a captive, tax-free.

A decade ago, most media messages were delivered to a captive audience.

"It was a captive audience.

Landlords exploit a captive audience".

Now that's a captive audience.

And Bambaataa had a captive audience".

The girl loved a captive audience.

That creates a captive pool of buyers.

He had a captive audience: me.

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