Example sentences for: kidnaps

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

  • This spot kidnaps the wage issue, which historically has belonged to the party of labor, not the party of big business.

  • Critics profess surprise that Scottish director Danny Boyle's follow-up to the much-praised Trainspotting should have turned out to be a "pileup of spectacular flakiness" (Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly ). They call the plot, in which a disgruntled janitor (Ewan McGregor) kidnaps and then falls in love with his boss's daughter (Cameron Diaz), "pure, vintage fluff" (Janet Maslin, the New York Times ). Scenes involving angels, played by Delroy Lindo and Holly Hunter, are said to be especially silly.

  • Some see Gallo as the heir to Scorsese and the '70s neorealists, with the "audacity and flair of a major filmmaker" (Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly ). They applaud his stylistic flourishes (collage shots, freeze frames), his self-deprecating humor, and audacious premise--a newly released prisoner kidnaps a teen tap dancer (Christina Ricci) to be his fake wife.


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