Examples of 'held hostage' in a sentence
Meaning of "held hostage"
held hostage: This phrase refers to the situation where a person or group of people is forcibly kept captive or detained, typically by a perpetrator or assailant who demands certain conditions to be met before releasing them. It implies a state of being under control and at the mercy of the hostage-taker.
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- simple past tense and past participle of hold hostage
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held hostage
Assistance must not be held hostage to politics.
She was held hostage someplace in that building.
They were tired of being held hostage by these gangs.
There are possibly hundreds of patients being held hostage.
I have been held hostage by a group of guys that.
I can think of worse people to be held hostage by.
I was just held hostage for almost an hour.
Many officials are either dead or held hostage.
I am not gonna be held hostage by that bimbo.
Pakistani troops free boys being held hostage.
No issue can be held hostage to any other.
You tell them you are being held hostage.
Misfortune had been held hostage and he was stabbed.
He and an innocent airplane pilot are held hostage.
I will not be held hostage by my own shareholders.
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Parker and his family were held hostage.
I am not gonna be held hostage in my own house.
The bank employeesare being held hostage.
We are not going to be held hostage by some kind of lunatic.
Though her husband is still held hostage.
I was kidnapped and held hostage by a team of mercenaries.
And the future is no longer held hostage.
You are being held hostage by a creepy ghost chick.
All the occupants in there are being held hostage.
We have been held hostage this whole time.
A mother with a young child held hostage.
Now my men held hostage in a military camp.
Seven senators have been held hostage so far.
Policewoman held hostage by criminals hand injury.
International treaties are being held hostage by the west.
I am being held hostage on the night babyJesus was born.
Not when her child is held hostage.
You were just held hostage by a group of thugs.
My body and mind were held hostage.
All have been held hostage to security considerations.
Each day the goods are held hostage.
I have been held hostage in the psycho ward.
It was like they forgot they were being held hostage.
They are held hostage for political reasons.
It rather sounds like you are being held hostage.
I will not be held hostage in my own home.
Held hostage by the memories of a summer.
And said you were being held hostage by a terrorist.
He was held hostage overnight in the stairwell.
Indian nurses are being held hostage in this hospital.
He was held hostage for nine days before processing.
He is too important to be held hostage by that maniac.
Oliver is held hostage and accused of being a terrorist.
I for one would hate being held hostage by a contractor.
And held hostage by the brothers until he found.
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You sent her down here to be a hostage
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Examples of using Held
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Regular meetings were held in all the sectors
Was held up this morning shortly after opening
Informal consultations are held prior to formal deliberations
