Sentence examples for were not captives from inspiring English sources

Colonel Cochavi said the families in occupied houses were not captives.

Sometimes Islamic State fighters try to imitate the trappings of a real marriage, as if the women were not captives.

"They were not captives of their own doubts, nor the prisoners of their own price tags," he said.

The 9/11 killers were not captives seeking to hurt their captors as the Psalm 137 Hebrews were and their behavior has nothing to do with the "in kind" paybacks the psalmist describes.

Gonzalez enjoys his sport but is not captive to it.

"Equally important, she must be able to demonstrate in her confirmation hearing that she is not captive to the financial industry's view of the world, which has dominated her recent professional life".

But he is not captive to the "good war" or "greatest generation" idolatry.

It does not follow a linear path, it is not captive to a prescription.

We are not captives of our tongues, but we are citizens of our languages.

They're not captives of it or hostages to it in any way".

Writer learned while a tour guide at the Battle Green in Lexington, Ma .that Americans are not captives, and rarely students, of history.