hold captive
Example Sentences
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It also said the Taliban should free 1,000 government personnel, including military men, they hold captive.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 25, 2020
There are three powers, three powers alone, able to conquer and to hold captive for ever the conscience of these impotent rebels for their happiness—those forces are miracle, mystery and authority.
From The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
Such a fate has actually befallen a multitude of comets which Jupiter and the other outlying planets have dragged into our system and helped the sun to hold captive here.
From A History of Science — Volume 3 by Williams, Henry Smith
I don’t know; they have great numbers of Christians whom they hold captive, and it is rare indeed that one of them escapes.
From By Conduct and Courage A Story of the Days of Nelson by Rainey, W. (William)
Moreover, it has declared that the nobleman Gerald d'Armagnac, whom you hold captive, you shall liberate, and deliver him free to us.
From A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance by Ogg, Frederic Austin
