On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Captors. Discover the meaning, how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Captors meaning
plural of captor
Using Captors
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of captor
- In the example corpus, captors often appears in combinations such as: their captors, his captors, her captors.
Context around Captors
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 8 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Captors
- In this selection, "captors" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, accused, evil, killing, returned, tried and try stand out and add context to how "captors" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and their captors try to and anger their captors. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "captors" sits close to words such as aamir, abysmal and alderman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with captors
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He waited for his captors to realize their mistake, but the day never came. (14 words)
We could conduct military operations against them, aimed at freeing hostages, killing captors, or both. (15 words)
According to the Israeli military, they by their captors not long before Israeli forces recovered their bodies. (17 words)
There is nothing too clever about Charlton Heston’s first words to his captors, but for anyone grew up in the 1970s this was a great line to have in your knapsack when confronted by school bullies, which was a regular occurrence back then. (44 words)
One day, the child saw Aquaman swim by the pirates' ship and tried to call for help, only for the hero to not notice him, which led to Black Manta holding a lifelong grudge that he would pursue after killing his captors. (42 words)
The captors sent a video to the Gift of the Givers in January and another in March, which led to renewed attempts during the month of Ramadan to secure Van Deventer’s release after five years and six months in captivity. (41 words)
Soon, they discover that this is no ordinary crime, and their captors try to convince them to make a devastating choice in order to prevent an impending apocalypse — or is that just a cover story? (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
After escaping his captors, along with a slave boy, One Eye embarks on a quest filled with danger.
During the attack, the perpetrators abducted 12 members of the church, but the victims fled from their captors when they ran into some hunters and other local volunteers that responded to the distress call.
He waited for his captors to realize their mistake, but the day never came.
His ship was then scuttled as his captors returned to Japan and has never been found, she said.
Mitch’s job is not to legally outsmart his colleague’s captors, but to try and make sure she’s not beheaded by terrorists by working every angle to come up with their ransom.
One day, the child saw Aquaman swim by the pirates' ship and tried to call for help, only for the hero to not notice him, which led to Black Manta holding a lifelong grudge that he would pursue after killing his captors.
Police will allege Vuong was kidnapped from his influencer girlfriend's Smithfield home six days earlier, and allegedly bound and tortured as his accused captors tried to extort her wealthy crypto trader relative for his safe return.
Soon, they discover that this is no ordinary crime, and their captors try to convince them to make a devastating choice in order to prevent an impending apocalypse — or is that just a cover story?
That may be because their captors are exploiting their vulnerabilities, Kaul said, such as mental health issues, opioid addiction or a lack of access to affordable housing.
The agency believes that society plays a crucial role in combating this crime by actively identifying potential victims and providing the support needed to break free from their captors.
The captors sent a video to the Gift of the Givers in January and another in March, which led to renewed attempts during the month of Ramadan to secure Van Deventer’s release after five years and six months in captivity.
There is nothing too clever about Charlton Heston’s first words to his captors, but for anyone grew up in the 1970s this was a great line to have in your knapsack when confronted by school bullies, which was a regular occurrence back then.
This release features a different story arc by having players step into the shoes of prisoners, forced to clear out enemy-infested zones and complete tasks for their captors.
Today, the government of Israel made one of the most morally and strategically complex and difficult decisions any group of elected officials can confront, making painful concessions to free hostages from the hands of their evil captors.
Victims freed from their captors described how soldiers told them their parents had abandoned them, and beat them with iron rods if they voiced support for Ukraine.
We could conduct military operations against them, aimed at freeing hostages, killing captors, or both.
Weeks later, precisely on May 7, three other girls Elizabeth Ogechi Nwafor, Esther Sunday and Aliya Abubakar, were also freed by their captors.
According to the Israeli military, they by their captors not long before Israeli forces recovered their bodies.
British fighter Aiden Aslin has returned to the Ukrainian frontline just 18 months after he was released by his Russian captors and flown back to the UK.
But that’s a lie, and it has to be a lie because you don’t bomb a place where hostages you care about are being held lest you kill them and anger their captors.
Common combinations with captors
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- their captors 33×
- his captors 31×
- her captors 14×
- captors and 10×
- the captors 7×
- captors are 5×
- captors to 4×
- captors but 3×
- captors who 3×
- captors in 3×