Sentence examples for be in captivity from inspiring English sources

Worldwide, a few hundred are thought to be in captivity.

Several later escaped, but 276 girls are still believed to be in captivity.

It was a thankless task, requiring Mr. Kerry to face and defuse conspiracy theories propounded by some veterans groups that believed prisoners of war might still be in captivity.

By trawling through financial, medical and telephone records the researchers found that some people who were presumed still to be in captivity had recently opened bank accounts, had medical exams or acquired a mobile phone line.

A further 1,173 people were found not to be in captivity, either because they were freed and never told authorities, or because they had not in fact been kidnapped.

Ms. Derby believed that wild animals should not be in captivity, period — not even in sanctuaries like hers, which she considered a less onerous form of captivity but captivity nonetheless.

Captive bred ones have been in captivity for many generations and have become very domesticated.

Their sons were in captivity.

Others are in captivity in separatist-run eastern Ukraine.

I had been in captivity for 28 hours.

"And seven of those, David has been in captivity".