Sentence examples for be held captive from inspiring English sources

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Obviously, any animal that needs anxiety medication in order to behave "normally" in captivity should not be held captive in the first place.

Mistreatment of enemy prisoners endangers our own troops, who might someday be held captive.

I'm not going to be held captive in headquarters, he told The Post.

The business of the country is too important to be held captive to this grand jury.

"She would be held captive under the piano, and I'd swoop in and rescue her".

However, while international attention has since waned, about 220 students are still thought to be held captive.

For, in capturing the public's imagination, a brand image can also be held captive by that same imagination.

"Red tails I don't think should be held captive, and that's essentially what you are doing," Mr. Hopkins said.

"We'll do whatever we have to do to show that we can't be held captive by a bunch of thugs".

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Had they been held captive too long?

The culture is being held captive.

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