hold captive
Example Sentences
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It also said the Taliban should free 1,000 government personnel, including military men, they hold captive.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 25, 2020
We will credit him with no desire to capture and hold captive the native coolies, but with a longing while still in sight of India's coral strand for the boar and tiger haunts.
From My Trip Around the World August, 1895-May, 1896 by Hunt, Eleonora
A chemist will distill for you the odor of a blown rose, or catch and hold captive the breath of the morning meadow, and do it always just the same, and ever with like results.
From The Evolution of Dodd by Smith, William Hawley
Your tales of birds, beast, tree and spirit can not but hold captive the hearts of all children.
From American Indian stories by Zitkala-Sa
Being before the town we send in a boat under flag of truce to say we hold captive their governor, Don Federigo de Cosalva y Maldonada, demanding for him a sufficient ransom.
From Martin Conisby's Vengeance by Farnol, Jeffery
