English example sentences with "captivity"

He was held in captivity.
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I think that dolphins should not be kept in captivity.
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Tom fled from captivity several times.
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After seven years of wartime captivity, Tom was a broken man.
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Dan finally released his hostage after two days of captivity.
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During his captivity he made a promise to the pirates that he would eventually kill them. The pirates thought that this was only a joke. After he was ransomed, Caesar pursued and captured the pirates and ordered their crucifixion.
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The survivors were marched in captivity.
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Captivity makes gorillas sick.
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Animals in captivity live long, sheltered lives, whereas in the wild they are in constant danger of being eaten alive.
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The Vancouver aquarium will no longer keep whales and dolphins in captivity.
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"Ne'er / to Grecian women shall I bow the knee, / never in Argos see captivity, / I, who my lineage from the Dardans tell, / allied to Venus."
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Hou Rong, the Director of Research at Panda Base since 1994, has raised over 200 baby pandas during her tenure and hopes that one day their work will help pandas thrive outside of captivity.
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The more people I asked, they said ‘When you find out something about cheetahs let us know. They don’t do well in captivity. They have a very short life span and we’re losing them throughout the ranges in the world.’ So that just made me fascinated and I wanted to know everything there was about them.
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These rhinos were born in captivity.
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This lion was born in captivity.
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The elephant was born in captivity.
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Tom was held in captivity for two months.
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In captivity, a giraffe may live up to 40 years old.
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This giraffe was born in captivity.
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In captivity, giraffes live quite old.
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The oldest hippopotamus in captivity died aged 61 at a zoo in the American state of Indiana in 2012.
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Oscar-winning American singer-actor Cher briefly visited Pakistan Friday to mark the newly-found freedom of a 35-year-old elephant named Kaavan, who she campaigned to move out of captivity.
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Kaavan, an Asian elephant dubbed the “world’s loneliest” has encountered another of his species for the first time in eight years after having been flown to a Cambodian wildlife sanctuary from years of abusive captivity in a Pakistan zoo.
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In a new study, scientists say dolphins in captivity have shown an ability to recognize former tank mates’ whistles even after being apart from them for more than 20 years.
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Tom keeps Mary in captivity.
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Tom held some wild animals in captivity.
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Blue-tongued skinks are also bred in captivity and sold as house pets.

My grandpa sat in captivity for a long time.

Animal Defenders International (ADI), an American-based non-profit group, said almost all of the animals were abused while in captivity—some are declawed and have broken teeth.

Two of the former hostages said they spent two months in captivity and that seven captives were freed after their families paid ransom.

The bibliography has a list of books which go into more detail on amphibians and reptiles: their identification, and natural history, range, and care in captivity.

As we entered this large cage, the sheriff opening the iron door, a number of jail-birds were singing merrily, not for liberty, but enjoying such captivity.

Today more than 2,000 Panamanian golden frogs have been reproduced in captivity across the US.

The peace activist died in captivity.

He spent much of his life in captivity.

Tom was rescued from captivity by elite forces.