Sample Sentences for
abduct
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    In the window, the boy grinned almost maniacally at his reflection, and in his shorts and tank top, he quietly abducted his older brother's bike and pedaled it up the street, heading for Hubert Oval.  (source)
    abducted = took away without permission
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    Okay, I was abducted by Eskimos in the Yukon Terr—no, that's crap.  (source)
    abducted = taken involuntarily
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    As I studied Pearce's face before I woke him, I wondered about his mixed and untraceable bloodlines, wondered what abducted tribes had combined to produce such furious handsomeness.  (source)
    abducted = kidnapped
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    Once in a while I found myself hoping that I would be abducted by white slavers, even though I didn't believe in them.  (source)
    abducted = involuntarily taken
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    ...and I wondered (a deeper, darker thought) if some curse had not befallen my husband, some curse that is said to afflict some men, and that if, in his twisted, self-centered way, he had attributed that curse to Sukeena, and that this explained her abduction by the police and therefore, quite possibly, my missing daughter.  (source)
    abduction = the taking away of someone against their will
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
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    I also warned her about their plans to abduct her from her home.†  (source)
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    One of the ways in which the giants could destroy Midgard was by abducting Freyja, the goddess of fertility.†  (source)
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    I stood there for a second, and then I stalked off to my room, muttering about alien abductions.†  (source)
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    I'm not a man whose name nobody knows, and who comes and abducts children from houses!†  (source)
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    A concerned waitress in Denver had seen the man threatening his abductees outside her diner, gotten a friend to take a photo, and notified the police.†  (source)
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    When I went to that party, I was abducted by aliens.†  (source)
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    The knowledge was more galling than the bare fact of his abduction.†  (source)
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    I was worried you were here to abduct me.†  (source)
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