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Example sentences for: captive

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The other three aircraft were flown to Dawson Field, near Amman, Jordan; the passengers were held captive, and the planes were destroyed.
If most customers are as devoted as she is, then each dry cleaner is like a mini-Microsoft, with its own captive customer base.
Sold to "husbands" for a few hundred dollars, the women spend years as captive breeders.
This left 100,000 dead, with even more dying from famine and disease, while 150,000 were taken captive.
The drink vendors can afford to be patient — hot, thirsty, and tired tourists toiling back up are a captive market.