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
Being before the town we send in a boat under flag of truce to say we hold captive their governor, Don Federigo de Cosalva y Maldonada, demanding for him a sufficient ransom.
From Martin Conisby's Vengeance by Farnol, Jeffery
A chemist will distill for you the odor of a blown rose, or catch and hold captive the breath of the morning meadow, and do it always just the same, and ever with like results.
From The Evolution of Dodd by Smith, William Hawley
"So strong, original, and thrilling as to hold captive the attention of the mature as well as of the youthful reader."
From The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document by Anonymous
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
