Sentence examples for in captivity for from inspiring English sources

Adults are easily kept in captivity for weeks, and most individuals readily exhibit phonoresponses even in a highly artificial environment.

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

I had been in captivity for 28 hours.

"I was in captivity for three months and 20 days.

My husband was alive in captivity for over a year, with C.I.A. knowledge.

"This is someone who has been in captivity for nearly two years now.

He had a harrowing five years in captivity for his country.

"I was in captivity for three months and 20 days," she says, eyes downcast.

It does not take long in captivity for such abilities to disappear.

Mustafa Hassan had only been in captivity for a few hours and was already planning his escape.

Some of the 589 hostages held in 2012 had been in captivity for more than two years.