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
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
"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
"I have come to deliver Honey-Bee of Clarides whom you unjustly hold captive in your mole-hill, hideous little moles that you are!"
From Honey-Bee 1911 by Lane, Mrs. John
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
