captive

Example Sentences

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You’re captive at the festival and you can’t bring food in with you.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

The pair believed to be nesting in Yurok country were captive born and released in 2022, as part of the first group reintroduced in that region.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

José María Zuloaga gathers a motley outfit of army irregulars—it includes released Native American prisoners and a sharpshooting nun—to pursue the captive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand said in a statement that the tigers' deaths exposed the "extreme vulnerability of captive wildlife facilities to infectious disease".

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026

In a way, she was being held captive in plain sight.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega