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Example sentences for: captive

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The workers endured long, dangerous trips to the U.S. and once they arrived were often held captive by their employers.
Specifically, he warns that international support for U.S. raids cannot be "recycled indefinitely" and that the U.S. is becoming "more captive to a fragile U.N. consensus."
But he is too captive to his original "dummy" hypothesis to question it and abandon it when it does not fit the facts.
According to the Times , the assailants had "tied their captive to a post-and-rail fence and pistol-whipped him," then "stole his wallet and shoes and left him tied to the fence."
The drink vendors can afford to be patient — hot, thirsty, and tired tourists toiling back up are a captive market.