How to Use abduction in a Sentence

abduction

noun
  • Such abductions are rare in that area.
    — Dyepkazah Shibayan, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2026
  • How does a fetal abduction take place?
    — Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2026
  • He was also charged with the abduction and rape of Cindy.
    — Caroline Blair, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • He was also charged with the abduction and rape of Cindy.
    — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
  • But the latest abduction shows the spread and scale of the problem.
    — Joe Parkinson, WSJ, 12 Mar. 2021
  • He was charged with two counts of child abduction and two counts of child enticement.
    — Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025
  • 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
  • In their case, a sole eyewitness tied the teenagers to the abduction.
    — Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 4 Jan. 2026
  • Kfir was just shy of nine-months-old and Ariel was 4 at the time of the abduction.
    — Astha Rajvanshi, NBC News, 20 Feb. 2025
  • The abductions started a little over a decade ago.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2026
  • And the abduction stories, which reached a peak in the late ’80s, were just nuts.
    — Peter Rubin, Longreads, 31 Jan. 2024
  • But child abduction is a very big incident.
    — Kristina Rex, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • And her abduction has become something all of us feel compelled to help solve.
    — Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026
  • He was charged with murder, rape and abduction with the intent to defile.
    — Steve Helling, PEOPLE.com, 17 Nov. 2021
  • The mastermind of the abduction was sentenced to four years in prison.
    — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2021
  • Once their walk was done the models were dragged into the sky by some alien abduction-style tractor beam.
    — Luke Leitch, Vogue, 29 Mar. 2022
  • In most abductions, there's a clear ransom demand.
    — Amelia Mugavero, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
  • He was charged with abduction of a minor and grand larceny.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2025
  • The exact time of her apparent abduction is not clear.
    — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 4 Feb. 2026
  • These scams do not involve real abductions.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 Dec. 2025
  • There has been a sixth arrest in the abduction and murder of a Kearns woman last month.
    — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Mar. 2021
  • One of the girls recounted the night of their abduction to the AP.
    — Fox News, 2 Mar. 2021
  • The sign details how Till stopped by the store for candy before his abduction and death.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2021
  • And who would be harshing this hooligan’s buzz with a case of reform-minded abduction?
    — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026
  • The girls' abduction is the latest in a string of kidnapping cases.
    — Isaac Abrak, CNN, 4 Mar. 2021
  • Since Maduro’s abduction, Venezuela has felt almost on the edge of civil war.
    — Armando Ledezma, New Yorker, 30 June 2026
  • The alleged abduction happened in front of the boy’s older sister, deputies said.
    — Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Nigeria has seen a rising amount of crime with kidnappings and abductions.
    — Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 9 Dec. 2025
  • Still, the threat of abduction continues to weigh on many Chinese.
    — New York Times, 14 July 2021
  • And how common is fetal abduction?
    — Elizabeth Yuko, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2026

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