How to Use abduct in a Sentence

abduct

verb

• One day, the pimp saw her on the street and tried to abduct her.
  — Absurdity, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2022
• Gangs in the area are known to abduct people for ransom.
  — Danielle Paquette, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2020
• Anton here tried to abduct a 12-year-old and then fled from the police.
  — NBC News, 4 Sep. 2022
• That man had lived close to where Kathie, Kandice and Sheri were abducted.
  — Marisa Kwiatkowski, USA TODAY, 14 May 2024
• The records show that a box was checked identifying a risk that one of the parents would abduct the children.
  — Mackenzie Mays, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2022
• As the Lapith tribe carried the gift of a girdle to the shrine of Artemis, centaurs tried to abduct the Lapith women.
  — Dominic Green, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2022
• The riders wore turquoise and pink – the colors that Sara wore when she was abducted.
  — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2024
• In the meantime, Collings rushed to Spears' home, abducted Ford and brought her back to his trailer to rape her.
  — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2024
• Who would abduct him, torture him for days and toss him onto a rubbish tip?
  — Tom Nolan, WSJ, 27 May 2022
• As many as nine Haitian journalists have also been abducted since the start of the year.
  — Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2023
• In episode four, after Jean is abducted, Pat calls Dolours with a job.
  — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
• Police believe the killer was the one who abducted Eleia.
  — Landon Mion, Fox News, 5 May 2024
• Two years before the murder, he was charged with trying to abduct a schoolgirl who stood less than 5 feet.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 1 Feb. 2021
• The next day he was abducted and murdered by armed men in RSF uniforms.
  — Alex De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2023
• Ten people close to Juan Guaidó have been detained—half of them were abducted in the midst of the pandemic.
  — Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 29 May 2020
• Nor has the unidentified son of the couple who was abducted.
  — Dan Mangan, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2024
• This source divined that Jayme had been abducted, raped and left in a small pond or lake northeast or east of her home.
  — Peter Passi / Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 30 Dec. 2019
• The show’s title refers to a legendary creature left in the place of a baby that’s been abducted (perhaps by fairies or trolls).
  — Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023
• Two years later, she herself was murdered—abducted from her home, shot up, and left in the woods.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 5 Mar. 2020
• The police determined that the men did not abduct Laci Peterson.
  — Jennifer Pirone, ABC News, 14 May 2021
• Earlier this year, a 3-year-old boy was abducted by a monkey that carried the child up a cliff.
  — Michael Lee, Fox News, 19 Nov. 2023
• The film begins six years after the end of Halloween 5, with Myers and Jamie being abducted by a cult.
  — Jessica Sager, Peoplemag, 17 Oct. 2023
• Plot: The Simpsons are abducted by Kang or Kodos, who either want to eat them or treat them like kings.
  — Joshua Kurp, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
• And a yet another was abducted from a parking lot and raped.
  — President Joe Biden, Glamour, 12 Sep. 2024
• Children at the birthday party where Kamille was abducted around 8:30 p.m. said she was grabbed by a man who took off in an SUV.
  — Doug Stanglin, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2019
• Jayme Closs was abducted from her parents' home last fall in Barron, just 40 miles from the site of the most recent slayings.
  — NBC News, 30 July 2019
• The group was abducted Friday in Matamoros in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas.
  — Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News, 8 Mar. 2023
• Two men tried to abduct a real estate agent in North Ridgeville who was scheduled to show a home to a prospective buyer, police said.
  — Kaylee Remington, cleveland, 26 Aug. 2020
• That unlikely creative source, Hounds of Love, focused on a suburban married couple who abduct a teenage girl with plans to abuse and murder her.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 9 Jan. 2025
• American officials working under Mr. Biden are trying to make a cease-fire deal now to free hostages abducted in the Oct. 7 attacks.
  — Edward Wong, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 27 Jan 2025