KIDNAP in a Sentence

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For KIDNAP, below is one of 16 sentences:
Here I walked about for a long time, feeling very strange, and mortally apprehensive of some one coming in and kidnapping me.

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 Meanings and Examples of KIDNAP
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kidnap
 v.  take by force or fear, and against one's will; seize and detain unlawfully and usually for ransom
Classic Sentence:
1  When James determined to kidnap Lord Saltire, it was of this man's service that he availed himself.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
2  She had been kidnaped by the town.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
3  His visitor, on entering his rooms, had drawn a life-preserver from his sleeve, and had so impressed him with the fear of instant and inevitable death that he had kidnapped him for the second time.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In X. The Adventure of The Greek Interpreter
4  The other most obvious explanation is that the child has been kidnapped for the purpose of levying ransom.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
5  From the police point of view he will have kidnapped the boy for the purpose of ransom.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
6  If he has been kidnapped, it could not have been for anything which he himself possesses.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE MISSING THREE-QUARTER
7  Once she kidnapped me and drug me to the Methodist Church.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
8  I sat in silence wondering what on earth could be his reason for kidnapping me in this extraordinary fashion.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In X. The Adventure of The Greek Interpreter
Example Sentence:
1  She says she only pretended to kidnap the children and never wanted to get money from them.
2  The inside of a van was as good a place as any to hold a kidnap victim.
3  His story of being kidnapped by little green men is sheer absurdity.
4  They demanded a huge ransom for the return of the little girl whom they had kidnapped.
5  Here I walked about for a long time, feeling very strange, and mortally apprehensive of some one coming in and kidnapping me.
6  In this novel, Victor Vail, a blind violin maestro, is saved from kidnapping.
7  But, Mr. Ambassador, the European Union has expressed concern at what it calls a disproportionate response to the kidnappings by Hezbollah.
8  They provided toys for children in traumatic situations such as fires, kidnappings, and domestic violence.