Example sentences for: captivity

How can you use “captivity” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • There are now 80 living specimen in captivity at Hope Zoo in Jamaica.

  • The English queen kept her cousin in captivity for 20 years and finally had her beheaded on a trumped-up charge of treason.

  • You’ll see messages on the walls of the vaults carved by French prisoners during their captivity.

  • The penguins still take pride of place — the zoo has the world’s largest group in captivity — and they take a stroll around the zoo in the “Penguin Parade” every day during the summer (April–October).

  • In 1967, mule deer in a research facility near Fort Collins, Colorado, in the United States apparently began to react badly to their captivity.


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