hold captive
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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
Does the cloud hold captive my rays, and is it mightier than I?
From Stories to Read or Tell from Fairy Tales and Folklore by Ada Budell
There was obviously some subtle quality in Watts-Dunton’s nature that not only attracted to him great minds in the world of art and letters; but which seemed to hold captive their affection for a lifetime.
From Old Familiar Faces by Theodore Watts-Dunton
Your tales of birds, beast, tree and spirit can not but hold captive the hearts of all children.
From American Indian stories by Zitkala-Sa
We will credit him with no desire to capture and hold captive the native coolies, but with a longing while still in sight of India's coral strand for the boar and tiger haunts.
From My Trip Around the World August, 1895-May, 1896 by Eleonora Hunt
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