captive audience

noun

: a person or people who are unable to leave a place and are thus forced to listen to what is being said

The passengers on the plane were a captive audience.

Examples of captive audience in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Like United, Waymo has a captive audience. — Rakesh Agrawal, PC Magazine, 28 June 2026

In contrast to Cricket, who skates along with no end plan, Olympia is a committed careerist, an artist who insists on a captive audience to justify her work. — Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026

The passengers are quite literally a captive audience. — Brendan Menapace, SPIN, 4 May 2026

Regardless of how well these patches work, there’s a captive audience of people struggling to maintain focus, and searching for accessible solutions. — Helena Kudiabor, SELF, 13 Mar. 2026