take captive
Example Sentences
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Prince John wished to disarm and take captive, not in any way to wound or injure, least of all to kill, his fair opponent.
From Maid Marian by Peacock, Thomas Love
To take captive a heart which has had no experience of attack, is to enter an unfortified and ungarrisoned city.
From Camille by Dumas fils, Alexandre
The married women were endeavouring to vanquish and take captive the bride, whilst the girls were, on their part, doing their utmost to defend and hold her back.
From The Home by Howitt, Mary (Mary Botham)
How admirably contrived is every part of the structure of this system to take captive the imagination.
From Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume I. by Morse, Samuel F. B. (Samuel Finley Breese)
The story of the sufferings of his countrymen in British prisons worked upon his heart, and he longed to take captive a personage whom he could hold as hostage.
From The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 by Abbot, Willis J. (Willis John)
