captive

Example Sentences

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You’re captive at the festival and you can’t bring food in with you.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

The startup plans to first target rail yards, short lines and captive lines, like the kind used by some miners and agricultural companies to move bulk commodities such as coal, grain and iron ore.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Lead poisoning is the top threat, and most flocks remain dependent on captive breeding.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand said in a statement that the tigers' deaths exposed the "extreme vulnerability of captive wildlife facilities to infectious disease".

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026

Full of such questions, he went to wash his face in the river that kept him captive, and drank some of its water.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig