How to Use abduct in a Sentence

abduct

verb
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  • As many as nine Haitian journalists have also been abducted since the start of the year.
    — Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2023
  • The next day he was abducted and murdered by armed men in RSF uniforms.
    — Alex De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • The group was abducted Friday in Matamoros in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas.
    — Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Peter, who hasn’t been back to Earth since he was abducted as a child, decides to go home and give his grandpa (Gregg Henry) a hug.
    — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 6 May 2023
  • The program began by abducting children (with parental consent) and forcing them to embark on a 500-mile hike across the Utah desert.
    — Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 28 Dec. 2023
  • When news of a young boy being abducted from Brooklyn starts to make the rounds on the news, Inez squirrels the boy away in a rented room and gets him some fake papers.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Advertisement Neal, 41, is accused of abducting a 9-year-old boy and a 7-year-old girl.
    — Allie Kelly, Dallas News, 25 July 2023
  • Shortly after, the Earl disappeared, and the press began speculating that he’d been abducted by the Mafia to force him to hand over his wealth.
    — Manori Ravindran, Variety, 27 Feb. 2023
  • But roughly two thirds of those abducted are still believed to be held under dire conditions in Gaza.
    — Alexandra S. Levine, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • That project centered on a group of kidnappers who abduct a band of young people, one of which ends up being the titular character.
    — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Apr. 2023
  • That project centered on a group of kidnappers who abduct a band of young people, one of whom ends up being the titular character.
    — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 May 2023
  • Randall was abducted, raped and strangled to death in 1972 while walking home from a laundromat.
    — Callie Cassick, Fox News, 26 Dec. 2023
  • On October 7 this year, 240 civilians were abducted by Hamas terrorists and are now being held in the Gaza strip.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 2 Nov. 2023
  • The terrorist group abducted about 240 Israelis during the attack and has released four so far.
    — Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner, 14 Nov. 2023
  • In a harrowingly ironic twist, three members of the crew were abducted by gunmen during the production of the film in Haiti.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 16 Jan. 2024
  • The fate of a 10-month-old baby abducted by Hamas with his mother and brother during the Oct. 7 attack on Israel remains unknown.
    — Andrea Mandell, Peoplemag, 2 Dec. 2023
  • At present, Saranga says, the department’s strategy is to emphasize the horrors of the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7 and raise awareness for the 240 hostages abducted that day.
    — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Nuñez had voiced suspicion that her daughter had been abducted.
    — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 26 July 2023
  • That effort came in response to the case of 9-year-old Amber Hagerman, who had been abducted and killed in Arlington, Texas earlier that year.
    — USA Today, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Israeli media said Toledano was abducted in the attack on the Tribe of Nova music festival.
    — Kelsey ables, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2023
  • Last month, an Amber Alert case ended tragically with the death of a 2-year-old who was abducted from Lansing, taken to metro Detroit and killed.
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Doll has been abducted by the disagreeable Brothers Ferdia, who impart justice their own way: by holding him hostage in the remote home of their cousin Dev.
    — Hazlitt, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Between May and mid-July, at least 40 people were abducted and 75 murdered.
    — Emiliano Rodríguez Mega, New York Times, 31 July 2023
  • Ramos and the tribal leaders who spoke at the Wednesday vigil said that speaks to the momentum of the movement and the attention finally being paid to those who’ve been abducted or killed.
    — Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2023
  • Back in 2012, Michael, a budding Orange County legal weed impresario, and Mary, his housemate, were abducted and driven out to the desert.
    — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Co-written by Rodriguez and Max Borenstein, the mystery thriller revolves around a detective whose child has been abducted.
    — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 24 Sep. 2023
  • The title for the new project was at one point Dracula’s Daughter, which centered on a group of kidnappers who abduct a group of young people, among them, Dracula’s daughter.
    — Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Apr. 2023

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