hostage

Example Sentences

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Canada should build "a domestic defense industrial base so we are never hostage to the decisions of others when it comes to our security," he said.

From Barron's

In 1991, Jackson tried to repeat his Syrian triumph, and visited Iraq on the eve of the Gulf War to plead with Saddam Hussein to release Western hostages.

From BBC

On Thursday, Long said: "We cannot continue to hold these cases hostage while we have a discussion about legal aid fees. It isn't ethical and it isn't appropriate."

From BBC

The book chronicles her "vague feelings" before the trial: "The closer it got, the more I imagined myself becoming a hostage to their stares, their lies, their cowardice, and their contempt," she wrote.

From Barron's

You should not be held hostage to the company you created.

From MarketWatch