Explore Abduction through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like capture or seizure. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Abduction meaning
- Leading away; a carrying away.
- The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; the movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.
- A syllogism or form of argument in which the major premise is evident, but the minor is only probable.
Using Abduction
- The main meaning on this page is: Leading away; a carrying away. | The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; the movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body. | A syllogism or form of argument in which the major premise is evident, but the minor is only probable.
- Useful related words include: capture, seizure, motion, movement.
- In the example corpus, abduction often appears in combinations such as: the abduction, abduction of, abduction and.
Context around Abduction
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 8 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Abduction
- In this selection, "abduction" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, child, girls, claimed, alert, system and happened stand out and add context to how "abduction" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 12 her abduction drives mulder and alert child abduction system set. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "abduction" sits close to words such as bryce, businessmen and chevron, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with abduction
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Another abduction of Parvez Elahi, former Speaker and CM Punjab. (10 words)
But on Friday, the ICC put the face of Putin on the child abduction allegations. (15 words)
And again, in the Andreasson affair, Betty Andreasson encountered the Phoenix bird during one of her abduction experiences. (18 words)
Given the many possible explanations for the movement of the eight ball, our abduction does not leave us certain that the cue ball in fact struck the eight ball, but our abduction, still useful, can serve to orient us in our surroundings. (42 words)
An animated version of the dead toddler discussed his abduction and murder by two 10-year-old boys in 1993, in videos shared on TikTok which James’ mother Denise Fergus condemned as “disgusting” in an interview with The Mirror. (39 words)
Following a recent visit to Gusau, the capital of Zamfara State, by a CNG delegation in response to a bandit attack on Gusau University and the subsequent abduction of female students, the group engaged with a spectrum of stakeholders. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
Speaker, in the actual incident in early September, there are people who witnessed the abduction — abduction, because there were sandals left, and people posted it on social media,” Manuel said.
The “abduction alert” in France was inspired by the the Amber Alert child abduction system set up in the United States in 1996 after the kidnap and murder of a nine-year-old girl in Texas.
The group wondered why the abduction happened months before the 2019 general elections, just like it did in the Chibok girls’ abduction in 2014.
Given the many possible explanations for the movement of the eight ball, our abduction does not leave us certain that the cue ball in fact struck the eight ball, but our abduction, still useful, can serve to orient us in our surroundings.
His belief in the paranormal springs from the claimed abduction of his sister Samantha Mulder by extraterrestrials when Mulder was 12. Her abduction drives Mulder throughout most of the series.
In 1903 Peirce called pragmatism "the logic of abduction" and said that the pragmatic maxim gives the necessary and sufficient logical rule to abduction in general.
Set-cover abduction A different formalization of abduction is based on inverting the function that calculates the visible effects of the hypotheses.
After Mr Iskerka filed the missing person’s reports, Ms Unbehaun was charged in 2017 with child abduction, a Class 4 felony, the Kane County State’s Attorney said Tuesday in a statement.
An Amber Alert was issued on behalf of police in Thunder Bay, Ont. Tuesday morning following the alleged abduction of 8-year-old Emerson Poulin.
An animated version of the dead toddler discussed his abduction and murder by two 10-year-old boys in 1993, in videos shared on TikTok which James’ mother Denise Fergus condemned as “disgusting” in an interview with The Mirror.
And again, in the Andreasson affair, Betty Andreasson encountered the Phoenix bird during one of her abduction experiences.
Another abduction of Parvez Elahi, former Speaker and CM Punjab.
Any Christian who voted for El-Rufai deserves whatever happens to him and his family – including abduction and murder.
As the investigation into the mysterious abduction of 26-year-old Bay biokineticist Riana Pretorius heads towards the one week mark, few new leads have come to light.
But on Friday, the ICC put the face of Putin on the child abduction allegations.
Dyatsy Oneal Coleman is facing numerous charges including first degree rape, first degree kidnapping and abduction of children.
Following a recent visit to Gusau, the capital of Zamfara State, by a CNG delegation in response to a bandit attack on Gusau University and the subsequent abduction of female students, the group engaged with a spectrum of stakeholders.
For a Ukrainian resistance group behind enemy lines - they have seen first-hand Belarus’ involvement in the systematic abduction of Ukrainian children.
Gbenga, whose address was not provided, is facing a nine-count charge of conspiracy, abduction, rape and sexual assault on one Aishat Olutesiwaju.
Heinrich was never charged with Jared’s abduction and assault because the statute of limitations had run out by the time the DNA link was discovered.
Common combinations with abduction
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the abduction 55×
- abduction of 50×
- abduction and 40×
- child abduction 16×
- alleged abduction 13×
- her abduction 11×
- of abduction 9×
- and abduction 9×
- his abduction 6×
- their abduction 6×