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Example sentences for "taken alive"

  • Only I will take a spear in my hand, and sling a knife round my neck, if ye will give them to me; for if the worst happen, I will not be taken alive.

  • The Mother of the Farringtons, being arrested, boasts that her Sons "Will never be taken Alive.

  • You would like to find my two sons and Barton for the express robbery; but you will never catch them, for they are not now in this country, and they will never be taken alive.

  • He had declared, that he never would be taken alive.

  • He refused to be taken alive; and said that other attempts to take him had been made, and he was determined that he would not be taken.

  • Some slaves run away who never mean to be taken alive.

  • He refused to be taken alive--and said that other attempts to take him had been made, and he was determined that he would not be taken.

  • Kerry knows that the Jameses and Youngers can't be taken alive, and that is why he has put it on us.

  • In response, she said, "I never thought he would be taken alive.

  • He has said a great many times that he would never be taken alive.

  • Did you not hear me say that Simon Braley would never be taken alive?

  • You said he was not the kind of a man to be taken alive," he remarked, knitting his brows.

  • From what I know of Simon Girty's nephew, he is not the kind of man who will be taken alive.

  • As Gallus had told Miriam, no Roman should be taken alive.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "taken alive" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    first appearance; gray paper; hollow cylinder; left tackle; little sigh; naked sword; single specimen; special purpose; taken alive; taken away from the; taken back; taken care; taken collectively; taken down; taken down from the; taken for; taken from; taken from the fire; taken into; taken literally; taken over; taken place; taken possession; taken prisoners; taken seriously; taken three