Example Sentences

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According to the New York Times, while European governments have ransomed their citizens from ISIS, the United States and Britain have refused.

From Slate • Aug. 21, 2014

They'd long since have ransomed the good people of Tottenham for millions.

From The Guardian • Feb. 8, 2011

Let them count up how many captives the temples have ransomed, what food they have contributed for the poor, to what exiles they have supplied the means of living.

From A Source Book for Ancient Church History by Ayer, Joseph Cullen

It is I who have denounced your cruelty, have ransomed and re-clad your captive.'

From A Book of Golden Deeds by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

"We have caught more than a dozen head, and they have ransomed themselves handsomely," cried Major von Fritsch.

From The Merchant of Berlin An Historical Novel by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)