captivity

Many who survived the Oryoku Maru would later say their ordeal on board the ship—one of more than 100 Japanese prisoner transports that would become known as “hellships”—was the worst of their captivity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

"Wolves are a highly complex social species and they are one of the most challenging species to keep well in captivity," he said.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

As an adult running a “high-risk” Christian ministry, Marx says he rescued 45,000 women and children from captivity and abuse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026

During the days that followed, our lives fell into a pattern, and the reason for our captivity gradually became clear.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien

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

The church was built to guard the emblems of the two captivities.

From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI The Holy See and the Wandering of the Nations, from St. Leo I to St. Gregory I by T. W. (Thomas William) Allies

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 Herbert Strang

We mean the sense of an integral national being, ever- living in the bosoms of the people of Israel, throughout all their different dispersions and captivities.

From Thaddeus of Warsaw by Jane Porter

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