Examples of 'have been taken hostage' in a sentence

Meaning of "have been taken hostage"

This phrase is used metaphorically to describe a situation where something or someone is being controlled or held captive by someone else, usually against their will. It suggests that the person or thing is under the control of another party and unable to act or function independently

How to use "have been taken hostage" in a sentence

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have been taken hostage
Many families have been taken hostage together.
A dozen or so workers at the mining operation have been taken hostage.
They have been taken hostage by armed terrorists.
I was lucky not to have been taken hostage.
Who have been taken hostage of terrorist organizations.
Two of our men have been taken hostage.
I have been taken hostage by an obsessive scientist.
The officers have been taken hostage.
I have been taken hostage by my own prisoners.
Anyone could have been taken hostage.
More than a dozen other members of the security forces have been taken hostage.
Our elders have been taken hostage.
It also features contributions from intelligence analysts and people who have been taken hostage.
Others have been taken hostage or trafficked illegally.
Officer and agent have been taken hostage.

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I have been taken hostage here.
Release of women and children who have been taken hostage.
Maybe they have been taken hostage by the tulle.
Four staff members and seven clients have been taken hostage.
And three have been taken hostage.
There is another group of three Romanian journalists who have been taken hostage.
I would have been taken hostage.
Thousands of civilians, having nothing to do with military action, have been taken hostage.
People have been taken hostage over the years.
Tucker and Mayweather have been taken hostage.
You have been taken hostage.
The nine Danish seamen have been taken hostage.
Must have been taken hostage.
Auggie Anderson and three other individuals have been taken hostage by Somali pirates.
Gaza residents have been taken hostage in a fierce contest of narratives.
Some of the peace-keepers have been taken hostage.
We have been taken hostage by vehicles.
Mycroft fears that he may have been taken hostage or even killed.
I have been taken hostage by.
Innocent people should nevet have been taken hostage in the first place.
I have been taken hostage somewhere in Iraq.
We think that he may have been taken hostage at the hospital.
I have been taken hostage with my colleagues by the Jama.
Ann and her father have been taken hostage by the bikers.
We have been taken hostage in the name of God by the Islamic Caliphate Organization.
Hijacked crews and seafarers that have been taken hostage have suffered the most.
We have been taken hostage in the name of God.
Ressler and Samar have been taken hostage.
You have been taken hostage by the squints, agent perotta.
Hundred of Kurds have been taken hostage.
I have been taken hostage by Latvians, woken by armed intruders.
Langston and Riley have been taken hostage at the PCP lab.
We have a situation here . All the passengers have been taken hostage.
Civilians have been taken hostage.
You need to leave . Ressler and samar have been taken hostage.

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Examples of using Taken
Measures had been taken to strengthen the judiciary
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Examples of using Have
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