Sentence examples for are held captive from inspiring English sources

Are there really places in the world, indeed, in the United States, where underage girls are held captive by pimps and traffickers and serially raped by ordinary men for extraordinary profit?

Over 100 hostages, including 13 foreigners, are held captive.

"We have testimony that places Thai officials in trafficking camps negotiating with traffickers while hundreds of people are held captive.

It makes no difference: the children are trapped, they are held captive and their drawings reflect this.

He is like the boy-narrator of Emma Donoghue's novel "Room," whose entire world is the backyard shed where he and his kidnapped mother are held captive.

Citizens of the United States are held captive while the Florida Supreme Court allows the hand recount of "undervotes" to go on (front page, Nov. 22).

But where the original game's nostalgia is captivating, Telltale is held captive by it.

Had they been held captive too long?

The culture is being held captive.

(6) It's held captive by regulators.

The company is held captive by regulators.