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Example sentences for: hostages

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

A special Israeli commando force stormed the plane, killed all the terrorists, and rescued all but one of the hostages.
He knew we were selling arms to Iran--itself flatly illegal and spectacularly in conflict with the administration's public pronouncements--but, he claimed, he had no idea the deal involved paying ransom for hostages.
The Times of India firmly opposed making a deal with the hijackers: "[N]ot just the safety of 160 hostages but the future vulnerability of this country to terrorism" ride on the government's negotiating strategy.
The daimyo were required to spend alternate years in Edo, while their families lived there all the time, as hostages of sorts.
2) The president hatches a plan to help the hostages escape, but he needs to alert the Air Force to his scheme.