Example sentences for: kidnapped

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

  • On 30 September 1965, a group of army conspirators, who claimed they acted to prevent a possible coup against Sukarno, kidnapped and killed six army generals.

  • In quick succession, they kidnapped British Trade Commissioner James Cross and murdered Bourassa’s Minister of Labor Pierre Laporte.

  • The LAT reports that former President Jimmy Carter has been lobbying President Clinton to pardon Patty Hearst, the newspaper-magnate scion who in 1974 was famously kidnapped and "brainwashed" into robbing a bank with her captors (the "Symbionese Liberation Army").

  • She kidnapped the girl, got arrested, was fired, and then, when rehired, was forced to endure the humiliation of being the best heart surgeon on staff with the least seniority.

  • At one point Chiang himself was kidnapped by some of his own officers, a sensational interlude known as the Sian (Xi’an) Incident.


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