Examples of 'is being held hostage' in a sentence

Meaning of "is being held hostage"

indicates that someone is being forcibly kept captive or detained against their will, often with demands or conditions imposed

How to use "is being held hostage" in a sentence

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is being held hostage
We believe the crew is being held hostage.
America is being held hostage by the oligarchy.
The prime minister is being held hostage.
She is being held hostage by a gunman.
He is alive but is being held hostage.
Truth is being held hostage by this administration and the media.
She tells us of a family that is being held hostage in their home.
Lex is being held hostage.
It reflects the way the kingdom is being held hostage.
Your wife is being held hostage at the dance hall.
The most important thing is that our colleague is being held hostage.
My city is being held hostage this weekend.
We call for an immediate release of the medical staff that is being held hostage.
Our country is being held hostage to niggers.
This is the floor where Lassard is being held hostage.

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The country is being held hostage by the high officials.
Agata receives a phone call that Saaya is being held hostage.
Bekjanov is being held hostage by the regime.
Some days it feels like the whole world is being held hostage to male fragility.
Is being held hostage by ms.
His daughter is being held hostage.
We have very little, but it appears the entire building is being held hostage.
My country is being held hostage by morons.
Grenier is killed by Adam while Katherine is being held hostage by Varek.
My family is being held hostage because of me.
Part two is set on a ship where Lois Lane is being held hostage by terrorists.
Ayato is being held hostage.
Our alliance with the United States is being held hostage.
My family is being held hostage.
Wayne comes home, and realizes that his wife is being held hostage.
A terrorist is being held hostage.
All right, now this is the floor where Lassard is being held hostage.
Your dignity is being held hostage.
Terek is being held hostage at the deviate settlement by some seriously pissed-off turin.
Once again good public policy is being held hostage to dirty oil bullying.
Mulder and Skinner travel to the physicist 's house but find he is being held hostage.
My dad is being held hostage.
In essence, it is like your money is being held hostage.
Terek is being held hostage.
The guy, the guy in here is being held hostage.
My city is being held hostage by Indians.
A civilian named Cyon is being held hostage.
Sanung Niruha is being held hostage in the marketplace? What are you saying?
But the fact that Ray is being held hostage.
Your wife is being held hostage at the dance hall. There's a bomb.
So I guess my mail is being held hostage.
There is a secretary from the Pentagon downstairs, and she claims her boss is being held hostage.
One of my crew members is being held hostage aboard the PraIor vessel.
In case you had not noticed, the woman I love is being held hostage.
Shakil is being held hostage.

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You sent her down here to be a hostage
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Examples of using Held
Regular meetings were held in all the sectors
Was held up this morning shortly after opening
Informal consultations are held prior to formal deliberations
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