Definition: 1. A person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war. 2. An animal that is confined. 3. A person held in the grip of a strong emotion or passion. 4. In captivity. 5. Deeply moved.
Use 'captive' in a sentence:
1. Captive breeding of 45 types of wild animals, including bamboo rats, will be phased out by the end of this year, the National Forestry Administration said.
2. There is no captive audience online.
3. The captives are wearing chains.
4. Animal rights groups want the release of all captive animals used for cosmetics testing.
5. We were held captive for one year.
6. Dozens of soldiers also are being held captive.
7. Nothing happened; there seemed to be no angels or fairies interested in this luckless captive.
8. The captive was whooped and jeered.
9. The area around the blowhole is also particularly sensitive and captive animals often object strongly to being touched there.
10. Hotel: Wealthy captives sleep at the hotel for an increase in their ransoms.
11. We held the enemy captive.
12. One time, however, Li Ling's troops were so hopelessly outnumbered by the Huns that although they fought bravely, the whole army was soon taken captive.
13. It said one crewman had died of a stroke while being held captive.
14. We are kind to captives.
15. Lying in my hospital bed, I was a captive audience to these uninteresting old stories.
16. The king and the queen were taken as captives by rebel soldiers.
17. People in FATA are a captive radio audience.
18. The pirates treated their captives with barbarity.
19. Richard was finally released on February 4, one year and six weeks after he'd been taken captive.
20. The rock star had a captive audience.
21. In the near future, it hopes to release captive-bred lynx into the wild.
22. This is always a distortion of reality, for people are not the captives or victims of others — they are free agents, working out their own destinies for good or for ill.
23. "He's got used to killing," says the captive general.
24. The 42-year-old Austrian woman was discovered in 2008 after being held captive by her father for 24 years in a dark, subterranean dungeon.
25. Many captive shippers fear that they will, as Norfolk Southern and CSX increase their grip on the market.
26. Research of ship maneuvering based on captive model test under different loading conditions.
27. The captive audience is dead.
28. He described the difficulties of surviving for four months as a captive.
29. Nine park visitors were briefly taken captive.
30. The history and status of captive Red Panda breeding in China.
31. Yaka, captive whale.
32. Tears as a Captive Breeding Tool?
33. Each captive insurer is required to file a report of its financial condition to the Commissioner.
34. Keiko, captive whale, star of the movie Free willy.
35. The captive was immured in a dungeon for over one month.
36. Gretchen is still alive but being held captive.
37. The Lord hears the needy and does not despise his captive people.
38. Too long a captive in a cage, I have now come back to nature.
39. They were taken captive by masked gunmen.
40. Airlines consider business travellers a captive market.
41. Captive breeding programmes for zebras and some primates survived.
42. Never in your life will you have such a captive audience.
43. We all performed action songs, sketches, and dances before a captive audience of parents and patrons.
44. The captives will be taken to the rear areas.
45. The same system was used for ransoming or exchanging captives.
46. Her heart had begun to pound inside her chest like a captive animal.
47. Captive breeding of these cranes is very difficult.
48. The company has already raised captive-bred yellowtail kingfish and mulloway.
49. In the 1950s, data on captive chimpanzees collected by James Gavan appeared devoid of evidence of an adolescent growth spurt in these apes.
50. The picture gave rise to speculation that the three were still alive and being held captive.
51. However, China is not a captive market for multinationals.
52. The rebels cut off the heads of their captives.
53. Children come to zoos precisely to see captive animals.
54. We all performed action songs, sketches and dances before a captive audience of parents and patrons.
55. Rebels in Liberia have released four foreigners after holding them captive for a week.
