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"Captivity" in a Sentence (15 examples)
He was held in captivity.
I think that dolphins should not be kept in captivity.
Tom fled from captivity several times.
After seven years of wartime captivity, Tom was a broken man.
Dan finally released his hostage after two days of captivity.
During his captivity he made a promise to the pirates that he would eventually kill them. The pirates thought that this was only a joke. After he was ransomed, Caesar pursued and captured the pirates and ordered their crucifixion.
The survivors were marched in captivity.
Captivity makes gorillas sick.
Animals in captivity live long, sheltered lives, whereas in the wild they are in constant danger of being eaten alive.
The Vancouver aquarium will no longer keep whales and dolphins in captivity.
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The animals lived in captivity at the zoo.
He wrote a memoir about his years in captivity.
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