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Example sentences for: captive

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He's incredibly smart and telegenic--it's always fun to watch him spar on TV, even if I disagree with him--but he's shown himself to be a helpless captive of another era, a two-prong outlet in a world of three-prong plugs.
CWD is the only spongiform encephalopathy known to naturally infect both free-ranging and captive animals, a situation that greatly complicates efforts to monitor, control, or eradicate it.
If most customers are as devoted as she is, then each dry cleaner is like a mini-Microsoft, with its own captive customer base.
AOL's 14 million customers form a captive audience for its online mall, and Netscape's e-commerce software will ease Net transactions.
phr . usually in the phrase in the White House , said of female visitors who were taken captive by the prison staff and detained to perform menial labor and to work as domestics in the Huntsville area, without wages or salary.