captivity

Originating from Greece and other countries, most were dancing bears in captivity, or animals that lived in zoos.

From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026

Researchers cannot yet determine whether the animals were tame, kept in captivity, or managed in some other way.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026

There is also the mystery around the captivity of Otto Hightower, Alicent’s father.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026

“Room” shows how arduous it can be to assimilate the rules and mores of the free world after a lifetime of captivity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

A wild creature released or escaped from captivity will usually run as fast and far away from its prison as it can before stopping to rest and take stock.

From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks

What ensues is a dialogue wherein the djinn explains his various loves and captivities to Alithea, who listens enraptured with her wet hair wrapped in a towel.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 24, 2022

These were either voluntary, for purposes of trade and commerce, or the results of conquest, such as the captivities of Assyria and Babylonia.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various

Zere are business for Schlagintwert: I do not mind ze captivities now: business are business.”

From King of the Air Or, To Morocco on an Aeroplane by Strang, Herbert

It was during their captivities that women often learned the arts and practiced the perilous profession of a scout.

From Woman on the American Frontier A Valuable and Authentic History of the Heroism, Adventures, Privations, Captivities, Trials, and Noble Lives and Deaths of the "Pioneer Mothers of the Republic" by Fowler, William Worthington

Organisation and government protection saved the Ohio Associators from such experiments of colonisation as had frequently led to Indian captivities and abandoned settlements in Tennessee and Kentucky.

From The United States of America, Part 1 by Sparks, Edwin Erle