take captive
Example Sentences
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There is something in that image which seems to take captive the French imagination.
From From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn by Field, Henry M. (Henry Martyn)
Prince John wished to disarm and take captive, not in any way to wound or injure, least of all to kill, his fair opponent.
From Maid Marian by Peacock, Thomas Love
"And now," she said, "ye must have arms; but use them not rashly; take captive, but save life; let the law have its own—he must speak ere he die."
From The Junior Classics — Volume 5 by Patten, William
How admirably contrived is every part of the structure of this system to take captive the imagination.
From Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume I. by Morse, Samuel F. B. (Samuel Finley Breese)
Now the King had no mind that Robin Hood should do as he willed, and called his Knights to follow him to Nottingham, where they would lay plans how best to take captive the outlaw.
From The Elson Readers, Book 5 by Elson, William H.
