Want to use Hostage correctly in a sentence? These 20 example sentences show the word in context, together with its meaning and synonyms like prisoner or captive.
Hostage in a sentence
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Hostage meaning
- A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or similar agreement, such as to ensure the status of a vassal.
- A person seized in order to compel another party to act (or refrain from acting) in a certain way, because of the threat of harm to the hostage.
- Something that constrains one's actions because it is at risk.
Example sentences (20)
But a hostage trade doesn’t seem to be what Putin and the FSB had in mind when they arrested him in the first place.
After a lengthy hostage situation, police arrested the man, 55, for investigation of kidnapping and indecent exposure.
In his short tenure, McCarthy almost willingly allowed himself to be held hostage by the Trumpist faction of his group.
Considering the timing, Victor could take Liesl hostage and hope she’ll come around to loving him one day.
Despite having his younger sister help rescue a hostage, Jace still finds himself in a dangerous, almost hopeless situation.
Ameinu prays for the safety of all of those taken hostage by Hamas and calls for their immediate release.
Hamas’s cross-border attack on October 7 killed more than 1200 people and another 240 were taken hostage.
However, there is no evidence to support this claim, and Hamas has lied about hostage deaths in the past.
Dave Bautista and Jonathan Groff face off as a family is taken hostage in M. Night Shyamalan's thriller.
As fighting continues, Hamas has ruled out more hostage releases until a permanent ceasefire is agreed.
At least 27 Americans are believed to be dead, CBS News that 150 people are being held hostage in Gaza.
Charlie Balcombe, co-organiser of the installation, said she hoped it would humanise and visualise the people being held hostage.
A video shows the moment a released Israeli hostage keeps her eyes staring down a Hamas terrorist.
Abrams does a great job at cutting between the relentless action moments and the more subtle tension of Davian holding Julia hostage.
India-Pakistan ties are hostage to domestic politics more than ever before, which is why a backchannel springs up every now and then.
In line with the group's sadistic video updates, the footage closed with gruesome images of the hostage's bloodied and lifeless body.
For Oliver McTernan, who has years of experience as a mediator and hostage negotiator, only one government matters: the United States.
In a harrowing incident in Austin, Texas, a hostage situation early Saturday resulted in three fatalities, including a police officer.
Both disabilities have held the conduct of our elections at all levels hostage to ready-made answers even where there are no questions.
In Israel, 300 civilians have also been killed, and dozens of Israelis have been taken hostage.
Common combinations with hostage
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- taken hostage 33×
- held hostage 27×
- hostage by 24×
- hostage in 14×
- hostage situation 10×
- the hostage 8×
- hostage to 8×
- and hostage 7×
- hostage crisis 6×
- one hostage 5×
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