Sentence examples for captive for from inspiring English sources

Some captivity stories abandon the captive for the captor or the rescuer: they get out of prison fast.

The crewmen were held captive for 11 months.

The women have been held captive for about six years.

Espinosa was released after being held captive for six months.

Chatting, Ms. 12A manages to hold Ms. Tennenbaum captive for a few more moments.

Another female prison worker I knew was taken hostage and held captive for three days.

In the end, the police said, the girl had been held captive for 94 minutes.

Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, 28, was held captive for almost five years.

I have been captive for seven months and my situation is not good.

She addressed the leader of the FARC, Alfonso Cano, whose fighters held her captive for more than six years.

The FARC holds dozens of hostages in jungle jails; some have been captive for more than a decade.