Sentence examples for has been held hostage from inspiring English sources

He has been held hostage by landowners.

AFGHANISTAN has been held hostage by political stalemate for months.

Mme Betancourt has been held hostage in the Colombian jungle for six years.

He has been held hostage by militants in Syria for over a year.

This stimulus package has been held hostage by the Senate's partisan politics.

The crew of a fishing vessel has been held hostage since early August.

Legislators' pay has been held hostage since the budget missed its April 1 deadline.

We recognize that America has been "held hostage to oil" for too long.

"The world has been held hostage by three states," said Anna Macdonald, the head of arms control at Oxfam.

Updating the system has been held hostage by both parties in Congress in failed efforts to achieve immigration reform.

Senator Helms, who has praised the deal, should release the dues he has been holding hostage -- $582 million of the $1.3 billion the U.N. says it is owed.