"As you know, we're always talking to people at various levels about the hostage situation," he said.

"Do they realize that we have a hostage situation here?"

The fundamental question in this hostage situation is who will pay, and how much.

It was very possibly about to become a hostage situation.

"The entire hostage situation took place in the space of two minutes."

Their job was to end a hostage situation with the use of force.

A real hostage situation could not have felt more immediate.

I don't want any chance of this turning into a hostage situation.

It's been like a hostage situation, with both sides trying to get their way.

He is called in to help with a hostage situation at a local bank.