How to Use captivity in a Sentence

captivity

noun

• The prisoners were released from captivity.
• Try not to keep a bat in captivity for longer than an hour.
  — Malia Wollan, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2021
• Corals from other parts of the world have been raised in captivity for years and are well understood.
  — Kevin Spear, orlandosentinel.com, 2 Sep. 2021
• Now, the blond timber rattlesnake is safe in captivity, and soon the public will be able to see it.
  — Brian Broom, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2021
• Giraffes in captivity have a life expectancy of around 20 years, according to the zoo.
  — Naledi Ushe, PEOPLE.com, 10 Sep. 2021
• Koalas in captivity are paired together based on genetics in hopes of successful breeding.
  — Robin Webb, sun-sentinel.com, 23 Aug. 2021
• The gunmen have demanded large ransom payments from parents, and while most pupils ultimately have been released, some have died or been killed in captivity.
  — Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 2 Sep. 2021
• All the passengers and crew were eventually taken hostage, used as human shields and suffered terribly in captivity.
  — Stephen Davis, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2021
• Her abductors didn’t beat or torture her, but the months in captivity were grueling, living in solitude in the scorching desert and trying not to think about her fate, said Blais.
  — Sam Mednick, ajc, 22 Sep. 2021
• The hostages For almost 11 months, Leah Polin had clung to the hope that her grandson would survive the captivity of Hamas and return home.
  — Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 6 Oct. 2024
• Most of the British and American hostages ended up being killed in captivity, less so citizens from other Western nations.
  — John Hillen, National Review, 10 Sep. 2021
• Birds raised in captivity and released to the wild were doomed to fail.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2021
• She is held in captivity in the midst of a training camp by Nur, a young fighter, wife to a soldier of the Caliphate.
  — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 13 Oct. 2021
• On average, milk snakes can live from 12 to 20 years in the wild and even longer in captivity.
  — Cori Brown, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 10 Oct. 2021
• On that day, which would have been his 117th in captivity, Mills heard a noise in the distance that sounded like a tank.
  — al, 24 Apr. 2022
• Freedom is at the heart of this novel, and with that, captivity.
  — Michele Filgate, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2022
• In Thailand there are now more elephants in captivity than in the wild.
  — Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2021
• 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
• The species reached a total population — in the wild and in captivity — of about 475 this spring.
  — Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2022
• There are more than 100 hostages still held in captivity.
  — Eric Cortellessa/jerusalem, TIME, 8 Aug. 2024
• Coral only spawn once a year, and very rarely in captivity.
  — Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Dec. 2021
• Those were older men, and, in this case, this week, younger people, but all of them alive for months in Hamas captivity.
  — CBS News, 1 Sep. 2024
• The race to free Washington’s last orca in captivity is on the verge of a breakthrough.
  — Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2022
• 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
• To this day, Smart said her parents have not asked her for details about her time in captivity.
  — Analisa Novak, CBS News, 1 June 2022
• 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
• This cub will likely stay in captivity due to its condition, according to officials.
  — John Leos, The Arizona Republic, 2 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 8 Jan 2025