How to Use captivity in a Sentence

captivity

noun

• The prisoners were released from captivity.
• The orca, now believed to be around 57, is the oldest in captivity.
  — Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 30 Mar. 2023
• This was no solace for Wado, who lived in a cold tent for part of his captivity.
  — John Tamny, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
• On the fourth day of her captivity, Kozakiewicz was convinced Tyree would kill her.
  — Diana Pearl, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2023
• Gibbons in captivity have hung pieces of rope or blanket on their cages to make swings.
  — National Geographic, 12 Jan. 2023
• The act is named for a former FBI agent who disappeared in Iran in 2007 and is believed to have died while in captivity.
  — Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2023
• Today, there are more than 500 of these massive birds living in both captivity and the wild.
  — Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 6 Oct. 2022
• Among the Kalandars, nearly half the cubs died within a year of captivity.
  — Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
• The choreographer Rena Butler set off the stillness of captivity against the restless churn of the surf.
  — An Epic Set, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2024
• Its programs use African Giant Pouched Rats, which have a longer lifespan in captivity of around eight years compared to the four years of the common brown rat.
  — Rebecca Cairns, CNN, 24 Oct. 2022
• Freeing the orca from captivity has been a cause in Washington state for decades.
  — Lynda V. Mapes, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Aug. 2023
• The three soldiers are believed to have escaped captivity, with one of them carrying a white flag, when they were gunned down by their own troops.
  — The Week Uk, theweek, 15 Jan. 2024
• This week, 24 years ago, San Antonio lost Mr. Pooh, one of the world’s oldest polar bears in captivity.
  — Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 13 Apr. 2023
• Zoo staff and police tried to corral the animal and take her back to captivity, but Mary vanished into the woods just beyond the zoo’s grounds.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 11 May 2023
• Amusement, in their skewed worlds, becomes a means of captivity rather than escape.
  — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 30 Jan. 2023
• The mammals lived in captivity and reproduced in fur farms, which numbered in the hundreds at the industry’s height during the 1950s.
  — Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Jan. 2024
• The authors note the phenomenon is thought to be more common in species that are either on the verge of extinction or kept in captivity.
  — Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 7 June 2023
• The sixty or so short pages that follow amount to a narrative of willing captivity.
  — Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2022
• For the first four days of his captivity, while held in an underground compound just 30 minutes’ drive from his farm, Mr. Anucha had his hands bound behind his back.
  — Muktita Suhartono Lauren Decicca, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2023
• Today, there are estimated to be 10 times as many Siberian tigers living in captivity in Texas as in the wild.
  — Byjack Tamisiea, science.org, 4 Apr. 2023
• The bracelets were created for people to buy and remember those in captivity.
  — Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2022
• As of June 26, at least 53 orcas were held in captivity globally.
  — Andrew Jeong, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2023
• Lolita is believed to be the oldest orca whale in captivity.
  — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 30 Mar. 2023
• The Edenic tale of the two Pilgrims, for instance, gives way to a captivity narrative about a woman kidnapped by Indians.
  — Ron Charles, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2023
• The images of a dazed, unshaved Diniz walking out of captivity were on the front pages of all the country’s newspapers and the case helped shape an anti-kidnapping law.
  — Fabiola Moura, Fortune, 19 Feb. 2024
• After seven years of captivity, her charms have palled.
  — Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
• Walker finally discusses captivity while the trauma of the past helps the rangers deal with a dangerous threat.
  — Olivia McCormack, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2022
• The rescue group determined that the bird was a king pigeon, a type of bird bred to be kept in captivity for exhibition or consumption.
  — Sarah Rumpf, Fox News, 1 Feb. 2023
• Like the 2015 movie featuring Brie Larson, the story centers on Ma, who was kidnapped as a teenager and held in captivity for seven years.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 16 Mar. 2023
• She was freed from captivity in December and is now at the center of the conversation about why teams should travel by charter planes.
  — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 14 June 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024