11 example sentences using captive.
Captive used in a sentence
Captive in a sentence as a noun
Orwell feared we would become a captive culture.
There is no reason for us to be a part of San Fran's captive housing market.
You being a bridge between those smart people and their captive techies can make you indispensable.
Once we gain market dominance, we can use our captive audience to build our social network!
And of course, whenever there's a captive market, there's somebody who profits from it.
To answer a few questions I've seen, it uses a typical captive portal approach, so an unencrypted WiFi hotspot.
Captive in a sentence as an adjective
Compared to what?You show children how we hold an animal captive for our own amusement and then you take offense when the animal shows discontent.
Having a captive, wealthy audience for ~30 minutes seems like a ripe opportunity, whether it is restaurants, masseuses, or cafes.
I can't even imagine being held captive without arrest for hours, being questioned about the purpose of my trip, about my religion and habits, all while travelling within my country.
This creates a captive market, severely limiting the effectiveness of inter-city competition.
There's a chance we might see things change with Persona but … I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that this won't happen quickly and, even if it does, it's going to be hard to find many developers willing to turn down a Facebook-scale salary to work on a turn-key level captive portal system priced at what an ice-cream shop can afford to pay.
Captive definitions
a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
See also: prisoner
an animal that is confined
a person held in the grip of a strong emotion or passion
being in captivity
See also: confined imprisoned jailed