Sentence examples for arrived in captivity from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "arrived in captivity" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where someone or something has reached a location while being held or confined against their will.
Example: "The rescued animals arrived in captivity after being transported from the illegal wildlife trade."
Alternatives: "came into captivity" or "entered captivity."

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Libyan state TV reported that Saif has arrived in captivity and unhurt at an army base in the town of Zintan, 90 miles south-west of Tripoli.

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Trevithick arrived in Boston on Sunday after 40 days in captivity, the Boston Globe reported.  .

Rupert arrived in England following his period of imprisonment and final release from captivity in Germany.

After wandering hundreds of miles and outlasting captivity in the camps, the Lost Boys arrived in America with deep stores of trauma and resilience.

Nineteen more troops with combat injuries arrived in Germany today, including the six men and one woman who were freed from captivity north of Baghdad on Sunday.

Unmarked (read: government) vans arrived in Wukan, and the men who jumped out arrested five of the 13 representatives, at least one of whom died in captivity.

Redemption is slow to arrive in Verdi's Old Testament opera of captivity and oppression, the closest he got to writing an oratorio.

Ric Barryrry, the trainer of the five dolphins that appeared in the US TV show Flipper and who featured in The Cove, arrives in the Philippines on Tuesday to campaign against marine captivity and paint a dolphin with Sano.

An enormous plate of beef carpaccio layered over the largest portobello mushrooms in captivity arrived at the table with an inexplicable basket of little Cuban sandwiches filled with melted fontina cheese and truffles.

SEOUL, South Korea, Sept. 2 — The 19 South Korean Christians freed by the Taliban after six weeks in captivity arrived here Sunday, carrying the portraits of two fellow church volunteers killed by their kidnappers and apologizing for putting their country through a wrenching, highly divisive hostage ordeal.

Arriving in theaters front-loaded with a controversial billboard campaign (depicting the "abduction," "confinement," "torture" and "termination" of its star) as well as a rare censure from the Motion Picture Association of America, "Captivity" the movie has been thoroughly eclipsed by "Captivity" the marketing.

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