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Captive in a sentence

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Captive meaning

  1. One who has been captured or is otherwise confined.
  2. One held prisoner.
  3. One charmed or subdued by beauty, excellence, or affection; one who is captivated.

Synonyms of Captive

Using Captive

  • The main meaning on this page is: One who has been captured or is otherwise confined. | One held prisoner. | One charmed or subdued by beauty, excellence, or affection; one who is captivated.
  • Useful related words include: confined, animal, unfortunate person, unfortunate.
  • In the example corpus, captive often appears in combinations such as: held captive, captive by, taken captive.

Context around Captive

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 11 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Captive

  • In this selection, "captive" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, held, taken, largest, insurance, audience and deer stand out and add context to how "captive" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include another captive was rescued and as his captive audience. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "captive" sits close to words such as airborne, collectors and facto, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with captive

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Another captive was rescued by Israeli forces earlier this week. (10 words)

And, when Katniss finds her entire styling team being held captive in District 13. (14 words)

J.J. Holland Captive populations Bobwhites are popular throughout the world, with healthy captive populations everywhere where bird-keeping is enjoyed. (21 words)

A crowd of over 100 people showed up to show their support for the Jewish community as well as those being held captive in the Gaza Strip during Thursday’s Aspen Stands with Israel solidarity event in Gondola Plaza. (39 words)

A 20-year-old Jamaican student of the University of the West Indies (UWI) is to appear in court on Monday after he was charged for allegedly holding his ex-girlfriend captive and torturing her for three days. (38 words)

This growth is attributed to the quality and strength of the companies in Missouri, as well as the Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance’s Captive Insurance Program’s hands-on support of Missouri captive clients. (36 words)

And then to what extent our new, I'll call it, captive marketplaces from Harley-Davidson or from Polaris impacting your volume opportunity? (23 words)

Example sentences (20)

It will improve fencing of captive deer where needed and restrict the importation of captive deer from areas where CWD is a problem.

Vermont was the first state to promote its captive insurance statutes and the fact that it has the largest captive insurance market in the U.S. and third largest in the world.

This growth is attributed to the quality and strength of the companies in Missouri, as well as the Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance’s Captive Insurance Program’s hands-on support of Missouri captive clients.

In addition to partnering with CollectiveHealth Inc. during the quarter, we formed a stop-loss arrangement with Pareto Captive Services, providing captive solutions for employers seeking an alternative way to self-fund while pooling financial risks.

It may also include the controversial hunting of captive or semi-captive animals expressly bred and raised under controlled or semi-controlled conditions so as to attain trophy characteristics; this is sometimes known as canned hunts.

J.J. Holland Captive populations Bobwhites are popular throughout the world, with healthy captive populations everywhere where bird-keeping is enjoyed.

A 20-year-old Jamaican student of the University of the West Indies (UWI) is to appear in court on Monday after he was charged for allegedly holding his ex-girlfriend captive and torturing her for three days.

According to authorities, the hostages comprise Israeli and foreign nationals who were taken captive by the terrorist group shortly after its massive assault.

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According to Israeli authorities, at least 239 hostages, both Israeli and foreign, were taken captive by Hamas gunmen during the attack, which killed at least 1400 people.

A crowd of over 100 people showed up to show their support for the Jewish community as well as those being held captive in the Gaza Strip during Thursday’s Aspen Stands with Israel solidarity event in Gondola Plaza.

After more than 40 years at an Ontario theme park and a decade without a tank mate, Kiska, Canada's last living captive orca, has died.

A group of X-Men are on a mission to free the captive Gimmick of the Children of the Atom X-team.

And a UC Berkeley faculty member went on an anti-Israel rant for 18 minutes, with roughly 1,000 freshmen as his captive audience.

And then to what extent our new, I'll call it, captive marketplaces from Harley-Davidson or from Polaris impacting your volume opportunity?

And, when Katniss finds her entire styling team being held captive in District 13.

Another captive was rescued by Israeli forces earlier this week.

Ascot has appointed Mark Totolos to the newly created role of senior vice president, captive solutions, Ascot U.S. He will be a part of the portfolio solutions group.

A seriously ill British charity worker held captive by the has almost been released twice due to his failing health, only for the country's supreme leader to go back on his word.

As the guide begins to explain the meaning of the epitaph to her captive audience, I'm half tempted to interrupt and ask if she knows that it also appears on MacKenzie's commemorative plaque.

As the reader of the story with a captive audience, I always enjoyed the feeling of power I had as the only one who could unspool the narrative.

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Common combinations with captive

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "captive" in a sentence?
An example: "It will improve fencing of captive deer where needed and restrict the importation of captive deer from areas where CWD is a problem." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "captive" from authentic English texts.
What does "captive" mean?
Captive means: One who has been captured or is otherwise confined.
What are synonyms of "captive"?
Common synonyms of "captive" include: confined, animal, unfortunate person, unfortunate, prisoner, attentive, wrapped, intent. Plus 7 more synonyms.
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