How to Use abduct in a Sentence

abduct

verb

• 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
• Yazidis were driven from their homes and their women abducted to be sold and raped with organised efficiency.
  — The Economist, 2 Nov. 2019
• Amber Alerts are specifically meant for children thought to have been abducted.
  — Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 27 Nov. 2024
• In the town of Vinto late last week, opposition protesters abducted the socialist mayor, dragged her through the streets, doused her with red paint and forcibly cut her hair.
  — Rachelle Krygier, Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2019
• Moreover, the rebels themselves had been exposed to extreme violence within the LRA, as most of them were abducted.
  — Kristof Titeca, Quartz Africa, 18 Dec. 2019
• 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
• 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
• The group was abducted Friday in Matamoros in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas.
  — Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News, 8 Mar. 2023
• Of those abducted, 97 remain in Gaza, including the bodies of at least 34 confirmed dead by the Israeli military.
  — Tamar Michaelis, CNN, 20 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 28 Dec 2024