Sentence examples for takes hostage from inspiring English sources

T. J. Lowler plays a 7-year-old Jehovah's Witness name Phillip whom Haynes takes hostage after escaping from prison.

Melanie Griffith is the starlet he takes hostage at a premiere.

As insurance, Manny takes hostage Tony's wife, Maxine (Ms. Sciorra), and their toddler.

When young Jaime Segura slips into the South Oxford Nursery School and waves a gun at the teacher, cleaning lady, parent and two little boys he takes hostage, unpleasant things are bound to happen, and they do — but not until Herron has finished surprising us.

I think that when a kidnapper takes hostage a journalist, he also wants to state that he wants to monopolize the press, he wants to divert the power of the press so he can play his message.

In desperation, John Q eventually storms the hospital and takes hostages.

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Suspected Islamist gunman takes hostages in Sydney coffee shop.

"We've been taken hostage".

But nine were taken hostage.

"We feel taken hostage," he said.