Kidnaps is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Kidnaps meaning
third-person singular simple present indicative of kidnap
Using Kidnaps
- The main meaning on this page is: third-person singular simple present indicative of kidnap
- In the example corpus, kidnaps often appears in combinations such as: and kidnaps, kidnaps her, he kidnaps.
Context around Kidnaps
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 12 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Kidnaps
- In this selection, "kidnaps" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, hamas, literally, wielder, michonne, women and ahsoka stand out and add context to how "kidnaps" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after he kidnaps michonne he and amnesia raditz kidnaps gohan and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "kidnaps" sits close to words such as aarhus, abdu and abetted, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with kidnaps
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Things get worse when the kidnapper kidnaps Yu's cousin, Nanako. (11 words)
After he kidnaps Michonne, he decides to set her free and confront the Governor himself. (15 words)
He then kidnaps art student Miranda Grey (Eggar), his longtime crush, and locks her in the basement. (17 words)
The owner of her dingy hotel kidnaps young girls to sell to the Far East, her wealthy boss is slow in proposing marriage and the man she actually falls in love with doesn’t have a dime to his name… or so he tells her. (45 words)
She’s yet another NYU graduate on this list, and her film about an ex-convict who kidnaps her own son out of the foster system is her staking her claim to the great tradition of New York indie movies. (40 words)
They follow a former machinist named John Kramer (Tobin Bell), a.k.a. Jigsaw, as he kidnaps his victims and locks them into outsized metal death traps outfitted with some sort of time-release widget. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
After he kidnaps Michonne, he decides to set her free and confront the Governor himself.
It's an emblematic image — a 30-year-old mother clutching her baby and 4-year-old son as Hamas kidnaps them.
Jennifer Hasty appears in "The Uncanny Valley" as Samantha Malcolm, an Unsub who kidnaps women and drugs them to play with them as dolls.
Redditor he literally kidnaps a woman with amnesia, turns her into a servant, tortures her, and eventually sleeps with her.
She’s yet another NYU graduate on this list, and her film about an ex-convict who kidnaps her own son out of the foster system is her staking her claim to the great tradition of New York indie movies.
They follow a former machinist named John Kramer (Tobin Bell), a.k.a. Jigsaw, as he kidnaps his victims and locks them into outsized metal death traps outfitted with some sort of time-release widget.
When Anakin doesn’t go along with the Son’s idea, the Force Wielder kidnaps Ahsoka, making her his dark-side pawn.
When terrorist Karim Farouk (Oded Fehr) absconds with a priceless artifact and kidnaps Danny’s mentor, Dr. Anna Castillo (Alicia Coppola), Danny recruits Lexi for help.
Guy was an illegitimate, mixed race child, rejected by an abusive and violent father who kidnaps her from her mother, and raised between Chile, Switzerland and France.
Poltergeist "was a film that dealt with technology, with this ghost being inside the television that kidnaps this young girl from her family," said Gallagher.
Things get worse when the kidnapper kidnaps Yu's cousin, Nanako.
Upset over Goku’s amnesia, Raditz kidnaps Gohan and forces Goku to team up with Piccolo in order to confront the Saiyan.
Years later, he runs into that woman by chance, kidnaps her, and gives her 365 days to fall in love with him.
Lately, the districts of Kampala, Wakiso and Greater Masaka have witnessed an increase in kidnaps involving adults and children.
Adult Beast is injured while trying to protect his younger counterpart, and Kid Cable shows up and kidnaps him anyway.
After the wizard-king Agon kidnaps Dar’s brother to seize a mystic amulet, Dar once again exchanges life in the wilderness to fight evil.
A socially awkward young man (Nat Wolff) kidnaps an aspiring actress with the hope that they will fall in love.
He then kidnaps art student Miranda Grey (Eggar), his longtime crush, and locks her in the basement.
In Thursday’s episode, Victor kidnaps Nikki Newman (Melody Thomas Scott) from the hospital to protect her.
The owner of her dingy hotel kidnaps young girls to sell to the Far East, her wealthy boss is slow in proposing marriage and the man she actually falls in love with doesn’t have a dime to his name… or so he tells her.
Common combinations with kidnaps
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: