How to Use hostage in a Sentence

hostage

noun

• The passengers were taken hostage.
• The terrorists demanded a plane and a pilot in exchange for the hostages.
• They were held hostage for several days.
• The hostage crisis is now entering its second week.
• That is the fastest way to get hostages out and aid in, and to stop the fighting and loss of life.
  — Mallory Moench, TIME, 7 Apr. 2024
• By then, the broad outlines of a deal to release the hostages were in sight.
  — Jonathan Alter, The New Republic, 3 May 2023
• The 34-year-old man who was held hostage was able to get away and ran.
  — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2023
• The hostages had been threatened with a weapon and some were zip-tied.
  — Ellie Willard, The Arizona Republic, 27 Mar. 2023
• And the price to release U.S. hostages will only go up.
  — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 18 Sep. 2023
• The team races to help when Eileen is taken hostage in the newsroom.
  — Olivia McCormack, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2023
• Simmons said the bullet fired at Clark may have struck the hostage.
  — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 8 May 2023
• In the third phase, the sides would exchange the remains of hostages and prisoners.
  — Matthew Lee, arkansasonline.com, 8 Feb. 2024
• And over 40 of them were taken hostage and are still being held.
  — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 22 Dec. 2023
• The nearby Catholic Church opened its doors to the hostages’ families.
  — Joe Biden, CNN, 5 Apr. 2023
• In 1983, dozens of inmates took control of parts of the prison, taking prison staff hostage.
  — Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 5 May 2023
• Some 100 hostages remain, about a third believed to be dead.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 27 Oct. 2024
• And the court calls for the return and release of the hostages being held by Hamas currently as well.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2024
• The coup leaders are now trying to starve Mr. Bazoum to death while holding him hostage.
  — Mamadou Kiari Liman-Tinguiri, WSJ, 13 Aug. 2023
• Fifty-two Americans were held hostage for more than a year.
  — Walter Mears, Fortune, 25 Feb. 2023
• And not just because more than 100 hostages are still captive.
  — Nic Robertson, CNN, 7 Oct. 2024
• There are still 120 Israeli hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza.
  — Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 8 June 2024
• Militants still hold about 130 hostages, a fourth of them believed to be dead.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 19 Feb. 2024
• After all, Trump’s opponents are hostage to the shadows on the wall, too.
  — Noah Rothman, National Review, 12 June 2023
• The other people that police say were taken hostage were then rushed out of the room.
  — Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2023
• There will be a lot of sound and fury—leaks from Fox, followed by hostage videos from Tucker—in the coming days.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 27 Apr. 2023
• The department did not confirm whether Qualin had been held hostage.
  — Camila Bernal, CNN, 9 June 2023
• Why are the names of the 101 hostages who remain in captivity not on the nightly news in countries around the world?
  — TIME, 25 Sep. 2024
• Or was that sparked by getting caught up in the hostage situation at Dave’s house?
  — Ashley Cullins, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 May 2023
• Transferred to the safekeeping of Qatar, the middleman in the hostage deal, the money may be used only to buy food or medicine.
  — Karl Vick, Time, 20 Sep. 2023
• The Biden administration did take the opportunity to press Netanyahu for a deal that would end the war in Gaza and allow for the return of Israeli hostages.
  — Kim Ghattas, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024