Definitionn. a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms
Last update: August 6, 2015
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The White God hadn't said a word, until requesting a hostage of his own in exchange for sending his brother to live with the Black God. [Please select]
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He holds my follies hostage. [Please select]
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So she was satisfied, knowing nought perhaps of what the place of a hostage is. [Please select]
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He said he would hold the boy as a hostage. [Please select]
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"My place is with my people--if you do not want me as hostage, _mynheer_." [Please select]
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"Meantime," said Bertha, "she reminds me of that picture in Miss Walters' study: 'The Hostage."' [Please select]
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He was, however, well treated, although detained as a hostage. [Please select]
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Indeed the army was helpless for offence while the Spaniards held the Inca as a hostage. [Please select]
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He stays where he is, as hostage, until my return. [Please select]
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In the reign of John, a Welsh hostage, a little boy of seven, was hanged at Shrewsbury, because his father, a South Wales chief, had rebelled. [Please select]
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Bossu himself was taken prisoner and was held as a hostage for the safety of Ste Aldegonde, who fell into the hands of the Spaniards about month later. [Please select]
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