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How to use abduct in a sentence

19 example sentences · verb

Abduct means to take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap. Example: “I was abducted by aliens.”

Examples of abduct by meaning

verbTo take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap.

  • to abduct children
  • I was abducted by aliens.
  • That same night he had by force abducted the president and the secretary of the club, and had taken them, much against their will upon a voyage in the wonderful air-ship, the “Albatross,” which he had constructed.1904, Jules Verne, chapter 16, in The Master of the World, archived from the original on 23 Feb 2012

More sentences with abduct

  • Having a costumed superhero abduct the vicar was an utter non sequitur in the novel.From the entry non sequitur
  • It's highly improbable that aliens abducted you.From the entry improbable
  • Police are searching for an abducted child.From the entry abducted
  • Never did it cross my mind that, oh my God, somebody abducted her.”2026 August 10, Nicholas Muhoro, quoting Amy Kuns, “Jodi Huisentruit, 27, Vanished From Her Apartment Parking Lot in 1995. Police Found…. From the entry cross someone's mind
  • Then, through the hypnosis, they found out that our car was abducted right off the road and into a craft.2018, Michael Brein, Rosemary Ellen Guiley, The Road to Strange: UFOs, Aliens and High Strangeness. From the entry regress
  • He said he was later recruited by South Korea’s spy service for a mission to abduct children from the North.2016 July 15, “North Korea detains person it alleges is South Korean spy”, in AP News, archived from the original on 30 Apr 2022. From the entry Amnok
  • South claims hundreds abducted by North Korea's ‘body snatchers’.1994 August 9, “Newswire”, in Associated Press. From the entry body snatcher
  • The same muscle in the animal, known as the deltoidus, abducts the upper portion of the forelimb and flexes the shoulder.1983, Fredric Sweney, The Art of Painting and Drawing Animals, page 37. From the entry deltoidus
  • Wild thoughts ran through Jessica's mind – had she been kidnapped, abducted, souffléd by Syrians? – before the voices at the front door carried.2017, Jamie Bernthal, Jessica Brick Investigates, page 47. From the entry soufflé
  • In a manifestation of growing disillusionment with the criminal justice system, residents of Bramfischerville, west of Johannesburg, on Tuesday abducted and necklaced two suspected burglars.May 29 2003, The Star. From the entry necklace
  • Some twenty years ago I read a SF book about 4 people (2 men, 2 women) who were abducted and dropped on another planet.2002 April 1, Rogier Schaaf, “Searching...”, in uk.people.sf-fans (Usenet), retrieved 11 Apr 2022. From the entry hermafrodite
  • Whereas the resolution of conflict in the forestory is quite traditional—the hero abducts the bride—the narrative proper is realized in a somewhat unconventional manner, unconventional, that is, for romance.2013, Sarah M. Anderson, Karen Swenson, The Cold Counsel. From the entry forestory
  • Selling the wistfulness is Kristin Kreuk as Chun-Li, a tranquil concert pianist turned reluctant crimefighter when her adored father is abducted by a Bangkok baddie (Neal McDonough).2009 February 28, Jeannette Catsoulis, “Looking for Her Father, Finding New Targets for Her Feet”, in New York Times. From the entry crimefighter
  • Then we warp a ball of atmosphere right out of the sky into the domes, and some fruit trees to go with them, and we also abduct some livestock.2004, Travis S. Taylor, Warp Speed, →ISBN. From the entry warp
  • During the past decade, for instance, literally thousands of people have come forward to say they’ve been kidnapped, or “abducted,” by short, large-headed, thin-lipped entities with saucer eyes.1990 December, D. Stacy, T. Sanda, “The alien almanac”, in Omni, volume 13, number 3, pages 97–105. From the entry nineties
  • Cooping of the more unpleasant kind consisted in abducting the supporters of an opponent and keeping them out of the way until the election was over.1953, Norman Gash, Politics in the Age of Peel: A Study in the Technique of Parliamentary Representation, 1830–1850, London; New York…. From the entry coop

Meaning of abduct

  1. verb To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap.
  2. verb To draw away, as a limb or other part, from the median axis of the body.

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Questions about abduct in a sentence

How do you use abduct in a sentence?
Abduct is used as a verb. For example: “I was abducted by aliens.”
What is a short sentence with abduct?
“to abduct children”
What does abduct mean?
Abduct means to take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap.

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