take prisoner
Example Sentences
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The Russians were easy to take prisoner, and some had served for little more than a month, according to their documents.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 10, 2024
Him also did Christoval de Olid take prisoner.
From History of the Spanish Conquest of Yucatan and of the Itzas Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Hard University. Vol. VII. by Means, Philip Ainsworth
In the first place he sent nine men well armed to take prisoner a bold cacique named Caonabo.
From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World by Leigh, Dora
She had not dreamed with what strong and feverish grasp such a scene could take prisoner the imagination.
From Lewis Rand by Johnston, Mary
How David King of Scottis was take prisoner.
From The Boke of Noblesse by Unknown
