Sentence examples for are captives from inspiring English sources

They are captives, understandably, of their experience.

If you lot are captives, who are your jailers?

Not only are we not masters of our fate; we are captives of biological determinism.

Homeowners are captives in a computerized process that remorselessly grinds out foreclosures.

Nor are captives likely to suffer moral hazard the temptation not to prevent or contain a loss.

"To me, it demonstrated the extent to which news organizations are captives of their sources," he said.

"Both sides are captive to history".

Henry and Erna are captive weekend guests.

Some may feel that they are captive.

All the rest are captive in Norwegian museums.

What those have in common are captive audiences.