Words similar to hostages

Example sentences for: hostages

How can you use “hostages” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

A staffer for McFarlane and Poindexter, Marine Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North, developed a scheme to trade U.S. arms for hostages and divert the proceeds to the Contras to get around U.S. law.
According to Khallad, he and Hazmi spoke about the possibility of hijacking planes and crashing them or holding passengers as hostages, but only speculatively.
Looking to Afghanistan, where the hostages are being held on an airstrip, an editorial in the Hindu concluded, "If the Taliban wants to end its international isolation and move towards a partial lifting of sanctions, it must be seen playing a positive role in bringing this negotiation on its home turf to a successful conclusion."
Taking hostages could be aimed at getting a ransom as well as weapons, water and food."
An op-ed by Indian journalist Sunanda K. Datta-Ray in the International Herald Tribune highlighted India's dilemma: "India has to walk a delicate path between capitulation to the hijackers and appearing callous about the hostages.