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Example sentences for "ransom"

Lexicographically close words:
ranks; ranne; ransack; ransacked; ransacking; ransomed; ransoming; ransoms; rant; ranted
  1. Not a hair of their heads shall be harmed, and we will treat them as princesses, but hold them for the ransom of my dear son, and a good round sum for the military chest.

  2. He came to give His life as a ransom for many, to make propitiation for the whole world.

  3. But, if he is wholly slave, the master cannot be compelled to ransom or emancipate him for any price.

  4. For even the Son of Man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

  5. Call them pro-Germans, international financiers, or profiteers, and they will give you any ransom you choose to ask not to speak of them so harshly.

  6. I'd take oath he could have stole the Lord Mayor o' London and then put in for his ransom at Execution Dock.

  7. I had a soul For each of these; how gladly would I pay The ransom down!

  8. Boon was taken, first to Old Chillicothe, the chief Shawnee town on the Little Miami, and then to Detroit, where Hamilton and the other Englishmen treated him well, and tried to ransom him for a hundred pounds sterling.

  9. No, though Asphaltis' lake were liquid gold, And offer'd me as ransom for thy life, Yet shouldst thou die.

  10. The ransom to be paid to the chief or king for the right of the first night (gobr merch, hence the medieval name marcheta, French marquette) plays a conspicuous part in the code of laws.

  11. For until the middle ages, the chief of the clan or king, the last representatives of the former common husbands, had the right to claim the first night with every bride, unless a ransom was given.

  12. In its classic form, among the Provencals, it heads with full sails for adultery and their poets extol the latter.

  13. Let us now see what became of the gentile constitution through this revolution of society.

  14. She is distinguished from a courtisane only in that she does not offer her body for money by the hour like a commodity, but sells it into slavery for once and all.

  15. Of course, I am referring here only to those cases of monogamy, where matrimonial life actually remains in accord with the original character of the whole institution, but where the wife revolts against the rule of the man.

  16. Here all the fundamental conditions of classic monogamy have been abolished.

  17. It does not always go without saying which of the two deserves the most pity.

  18. Entirely different personal and social conditions decide in this case.

  19. There must be lots of secure hiding places in an old town like this; and they may well think it safer to keep her hidden here until they force her into marriage, or wring a fabulous ransom from you.

  20. As soon as he had rested, leaving Kibo with Kanenge to look after Telo, he and Masiko set out, attended by several men carrying the tusks he had promised as a ransom for the two young blacks.

  21. Martin was anxious as soon as possible to overtake the enemy, that he might have a less distance to send back for the ransom which might be demanded for Kibo.

  22. Martin at once pointed out the sick lad to the headmen, and told them that if they would knock off his chains and carry him to their chief, he would pay a ransom for him as well as for his friend.

  23. The ransom of the Algerine captives, is the only matter likely to be on hand.

  24. The purpose of sending you this last, is to show you how much the difficulties of ransom are increased since the Spanish negotiations.

  25. I wish no jewels from your hand, Or aught that may belong to thee, Some one will come from my far land, And for my ransom pay the fee.

  26. Oh, take this purse of yellow silk, My mother dying gave to me, The golden pieces it contains Will richly pay your ransom fee.

  27. Must play the common pilferer, must convert The cargo to his uses, rob us all Of what we risked our necks to win: he wears The ransom of an emperor round his throat That might enrich us all.

  28. Spain had set An emperor's ransom on his life.

  29. The following day Chryses, anxious to ransom his daughter, repaired to the Greek camp; but Agamemnon refused to accede to his proposal, and with rude and insulting words drove the old man away.

  30. When Heracles gave her permission to release one of the prisoners of war she chose her own brother Podarces, whereupon she was informed that as he was already a prisoner of war she would be compelled to ransom him.

  31. The only explanation is in His own word, that His life is a ransom in exchange for many (Mark x.

  32. For verily the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give His life a ransom for many.

  33. Pilgrims from a distance needed the sacred money, the half-shekel of the sanctuary, still coined for this one purpose, to offer for a ransom of their souls (Exod.

  34. He came "to give His life a ransom in exchange for many.

  35. The Texan thus found himself forced back upon the original proposition of Wygwind, which was the ransom of the wounded captain for twenty horses.

  36. Word had come that a Spanish prisoner whom the Moros had captured some time before, and with the hope of whose ransom this man had been held, had been killed.

  37. It was the three dollars, the rest of the money in the purse, and the ransom which the leader of the white men would pay, which influenced the Filipino.

  38. Of this Pyr'rhus soon after became sensible, by an embassy from Rome, concerning the ransom and exchange of prisoners.

  39. When a ransom was not paid on the appointed day, he promptly killed his prisoners; it was his way of protesting notes.

  40. I beg you to verify the fact, and if it is true, let nothing prevent you from paying the ransom which is demanded.

  41. The ransom is well at stake, but fear nothing, I bring good news.

  42. And yet I was inflexible, because the ransom was not paid.

  43. If ever he falls under my hand, I will serve him with a ransom of ten thousand blows of the fist, which will enable him to withdraw himself from public life.

  44. What would be said if I killed you to-day, and your ransom arrived to-morrow?

  45. Canst thou believe that this tall doctor, all doctor as he is, has not yet found out how to pay his ransom through our English captives.

  46. I do not know that you will leave these mountains alive, and yet your ransom may never be paid.

  47. If it is necessary to have a few hundred drachmas to ransom a poor devil of a naturalist, they will furnish them without doubt.

  48. Rest easy, moreover; as soon as your ransom arrives, I will cure your wounds.

  49. I am glad that my ransom has not been paid, and I thank Monsieur, your brother, for what he has done for me.

  50. My ransom would be paid in two days, and I know full well who would furnish the funds.

  51. In #B# he writes to father, mother, and sister to ransom him; they all tell him that if he were good for anything he would not be in prison.

  52. Her father is next asked to ransom her with the best of three bulls which he owns, which have a horn of gold, silver, and brass respectively.

  53. She weeps and beats her hands, and cries, Wait, my father will ransom me; he will ransom me with his castles; he will not let me perish in Friesland.

  54. He offers the mayor a ransom for their lives, and is sternly refused.

  55. I will spin, she says, spin lustily, buy geese, and ransom thee.

  56. She gives them her ring and her chain, to ransom her person.

  57. Ransom is refused: the boy has a gold chain on his neck which will be his death.

  58. An imprisoned youth writes to his father, Wilt thou ransom me, or shall I perish?

  59. Senator Ransom said, "I shall not dwell upon Mr. Davis's public services as an American soldier and statesman.


  60. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ransom" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    blackmail; deliver; deliverance; delivery; extract; extricate; extrication; free; freeing; liberate; liberation; ransom; recapture; reclaim; reclamation; recoup; recover; recovery; recuperate; recuperation; redeem; redemption; regain; release; renovate; replevin; repossess; rescue; restoration; restore; resume; resumption; retake; retrieval; retrieve; revival; revive; salvage; salvation; save; saving; tribute