How to Use abduction in a Sentence

abduction

noun

• No attack ever took place and no final date for an abduction was set, testimony showed.
  — New York Times, 8 Apr. 2022
• Clark held a news conference and mentioned the Hodoyans and Alex’s abduction.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Apr. 2022
• The girl and her mother went to the police department at about 7:45 a.m. to report the abduction attempt.
  — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 2 May 2022
• Camarillo said members of an FBI child abduction team are assisting in the search for the boy.
  — Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 26 Apr. 2022
• An Amber Alert, on the other hand, requires confirmation that an abduction has happened.
  — Marquise Francis, NBC News, 10 Oct. 2024
• Early Monday evening, the neighborhood where the abduction happened was swarming with San Jose police units.
  — CBS News, 27 Apr. 2022
• Jackson is being held in the Summit County Jail on a charge of abduction and also for a parole violation.
  — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 2 May 2022
• Ralph’s abduction is staged with a striking use of silhouettes, in one of a handful of exciting style choices that also includes a visual language defined by cold blues and even chillier oranges.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Sep. 2024
• The abduction happened outside the Lubins’ home in the in the 1600 block of Abner Terrace.
  — Matt Bruce, ajc, 16 Apr. 2022
• And the abduction stories, which reached a peak in the late ’80s, were just nuts.
  — Peter Rubin, Longreads, 31 Jan. 2024
• Rather, the abduction was met by chuckles from the crowd, with a few gasps from those not in on the joke.
  — Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 17 Feb. 2023
• Eagleson's body was found the next day in a wooded area about eight miles from the site of the abduction.
  — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 10 Oct. 2023
• In the video, which marked the first time Frerichs was seen since his abduction, said it was filmed last November.
  — Rahim Faiez, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Sep. 2022
• Stallworth and Brown were in a relationship at the time of the abduction.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 9 Mar. 2023
• A month after the abduction, the bodies of the U.S. drug agent and his pilot were found in shallow graves in the state of Michoacán.
  — Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post, 15 July 2022
• The White House and State Department condemned the abduction and killings.
  — Ray Sanchez, CNN, 11 Mar. 2023
• Carl’s abduction, which turns out to be a bit of class warfare, has given him P.T.S.D.
  — Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024
• This is certainly the case in episodes six and seven, with the brutal abduction of Noah.
  — Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Mar. 2024
• The abduction attempt in 1974 has not stopped Princess Anne from getting off her ass and working.
  — Carrie Wittmer, Glamour, 21 Dec. 2022
• The alleged abduction happened in front of the boy’s older sister, deputies said.
  — Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2024
• Barrett’s friends, who were in the room during the abduction, spoke to police and a sketch of the suspect was developed.
  — Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 29 Jan. 2024
• By choosing Venus, the prince sets events in motion that will lead to the abduction of Helen, sparking the Trojan War.
  — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 June 2024
• At night, Mike dreams of his missing brother, trying to solve the mystery of his abduction years ago.
  — Washington Post, 26 Dec. 2023
• Since their 2018 arrests, Stallworth and Brown have blamed each other for the abduction and death of Cupcake.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 14 Nov. 2022
• If Rhodes is unable to walk on his own, that rules out his abduction at any point prior to Civil War.
  — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 26 July 2023
• McBride, meanwhile, is the woman who returned the dogs to police days after the abduction.
  — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2022
• Since their 2019 arrests, Stallworth and Brown have blamed each other for the abduction and death of Cupcake.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 7 June 2023
• Many of the children were runaways or the victims of parental abductions or traffickers.
  — Rael Ombuor, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2024
• In 1989, he was sentenced to four life sentences in Israel for the abduction and killing of two Israeli soldiers.
  — Sophie Tanno, CNN, 20 June 2024
• Zin obtained the livestream video of the abduction, in which the kidnappers hold Eliaz’s driver's license to the camera.
  — Anna Schecter, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024