captive
Example Sentences
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Teddy’s rural farmhouse, in which Stone is held captive, is a key factor for understanding Teddy’s psychology, explains Oscar-winning production designer James Price.
From Los Angeles Times
“Those able to take full advantage of a falling rate cycle, and those who are more captive to competitive pressures.”
By contrast, Mr. Kara provides more information about the captives’ journeys from Africa’s interior to its western coast, where European traders had constructed massive stone castles and forts.
When I wore a military uniform, I was in some sense a captive to power.
From Salon
That nutrient is largely absent from the diets of captive chimps and from many modern human diets.
From Science Daily
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