Sentences with 'hostages'
Example sentences and phrases with the word hostages and other words derived from it.
• « Khomeini had declared the U.S. embassy an "espionage center" and decreed that only those hostages who were exonerated of the charge of "espionage" would be released. »
• « North was being questioned about his role in the operation to sell US arms to Iran to obtain the release of American hostages in the Middle East, and about channelling the proceeds to the Nicaraguan rebels - the "contras" - then fighting their country's Marxist government. »
• « Casey undoubtedly knew North, was aware of the effort to exchange arms for hostages, and supported it. »