'hostage' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'hostage' with 10 example sentences.
- hostage noun
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: a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms
The hostages will be released tomorrow.
They refused to disclose the location of the hostages.
He killed one of his hostages.
All the hostages were released unharmed.
The hostage-takers planted explosives all around the compound.
Send in something to eat or I'll kill a hostage.
My sister took my hamster hostage.
Dan finally released his hostage after two days of captivity.
He held her hostage in a van.
Russia expresses regret for those lost in the hostage incident.