Examples of 'was a hostage' in a sentence

Meaning of "was a hostage"

This phrase indicates that an individual was held captive by someone as a way to manipulate or exert control over them. It implies that the person was forcefully detained against their will and used as leverage or bargaining power for certain demands

How to use "was a hostage" in a sentence

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was a hostage
Someone said there was a hostage situation here.
I was a hostage of that bus hijack.
No indication this was a hostage situation.
There was a hostage situation at the aquarium.
Then your highness too was a hostage.
There was a hostage in your room.
The default issue was a hostage.
She was a hostage and has been in two fatal shooting incidents.
I do not know if she was a hostage.
There once was a hostage whose son was caught as a railway saboteur.
I do not know if he was a hostage.
It was a hostage situation with no immediate threat of murdering the hostages.
This dog was a hostage.
I was a hostage in my own house.
Say you was a hostage.

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I was a hostage negotiator as a marine.
I do not think he was a hostage.
There was a hostage swap.
The Germans asked him if he realised his father was a hostage.
Maybe he was a hostage of opportunity.
He said that for the entire time he was a hostage he despised them.
There was a hostage situation.
ISIS had just burned alive a Jordanian pilot who was a hostage held in a cage.
I was a hostage to my own feelings.
Of course Will thought Matthew was a hostage.
It was a hostage situation.
Tell your people I was a hostage.
It was a hostage drill.
I was happier when I was a hostage.
Funk was a hostage.
What the hell you doing? He was a hostage.
He was a hostage.
To put it simply, this was a hostage situation.
I was a hostage of the Equinox crew.
About a year ago, there was a hostage standoff in your precinct.
It was a hostage situation at some big jewellery store in Beverly Hills.
We got a call, someone said there was a hostage situation here.
My stepdad was a hostage negotiator in Chicago.
I had not realized it was a hijacking, that I was a hostage in that bus.
Wulfnoth was a hostage of William the Conqueror.
I asked Felicity to get in touch with you . There was a hostage situation at the aquarium.
That I was a hostage inside a bus.
One of the officers was a Taser instructor, while another was a hostage negotiator, KSFY reported.
I was a hostage in my own home - but he never hit me.
I saw one with that bloke who was a hostage in Beirut, chained to a radiator.
It was a hostage situation . He kidnapped his son.
Unless, for example, That woman found out that There was a hostage in your room.
Okay, so maybe she was a hostage or an underage girlfriend.
Just read books, pretended I was a hostage.
I was a hostage in my own house . I had to wait for them to go.

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