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 Budell, Ada
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
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 Hunt, Eleonora
One glance at them would show how they could fascinate and hold captive without hope of rescue, and the Countess Morynska had too often tested their power not to be thoroughly conscious of its extent.
From Under a Charm, Vol. II. (of III) A Novel by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
