Sentence examples for being taken captive from inspiring English sources

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Foley's family said they were hopeful until the end that he would be released, as he was after being taken captive in Libya in 2011.

Someone had been slipping notes under their door — "Die, Alawite scum," "Get out, regime thugs" — and sectarian killings and kidnappings were growing more common; even Muhsin had narrowly escaped being taken captive by armed men.

After being taken captive, the would-be child soldiers -which included boys as young as five - were told that Isis commanders cared for them more than their own parents.

He's like the boy nobody understands who both wants and rebuffs your attention; giving in to the abundant pleasures of his craft, as is the case with watching Mr. Smith in concert amid rapt fans, is like being taken captive by a brilliant and petulant child.

A serendipitous moment for Negan results in Eugene being taken captive.

The game then depicts the Nibelheim incident, leading to Zack and Cloud being taken captive and subjected to experiments themselves.

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Caitlin Coleman and her husband were taken captive in 2012 and Coleman gave birth in captivity.

Another tract, The Babylonian Captivity of the Church, suggested that the sacraments themselves had been taken captive by the church.

Another 90 had been taken captive and 82 were missing.

Two teenage girls were taken captive and then later ransomed.

Weeks later, 11 British soldiers were taken captive.

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