ransom
noun
the redemption of a prisoner or kidnapped person, of captured goods, etc., for a price.
unransomed
-
a word derived from
ransom.
Example Sentences
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These protectresses so entirely won the affection of their charges, that when the chiefs determined eventually to restore them unransomed to their parents, they were obliged to be taken from their nurses by main force.
From A Voyage Round the World, Volume I Including Travels in Africa, Asia, Australasia, America, etc., etc., from 1827 to 1832 by James Holman
Shame to his friends!—the king remains Two years unransomed and in chains.
From With Spurs of Gold Heroes of Chivalry and their Deeds by Frances Nimmo Greene
And Chambersburg unransomed In smouldering ruins slept, While up the vale, like a fiery gale, The Rebel raiders swept.
From Our Boys Entertaining Stories by Popular Authors by Various
But other writers affirm, and apparently with truth, that William immediately transmitted the body, unransomed, to the bereaved parent, who had it interred in the monastery of Waltham.
From The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries by Sutherland Menzies
It may be that many of our faith still lie unransomed in Jerusalem.
From The Brethren by Henry Rider Haggard
