DETAIN in a Sentence
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71 example sentences for DETAIN, such as:
1. Selden roused himself to detain her.
2. I have not the right to detain strangers.
3. They shouted out the names of those detained.
4. She clung to his hand, striving to detain him.
5. The suspect is detained at the police station.
2. I have not the right to detain strangers.
3. They shouted out the names of those detained.
4. She clung to his hand, striving to detain him.
5. The suspect is detained at the police station.
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Meanings and Examples of DETAIN
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detain
v. deprive of freedom; take into confinement
v. stop or halt
Classic Sentence: (64 in 5 pages)
1 I have not the right to detain strangers.
2 He strives to detain the army, he recalls it to its duty, he insults it, he clings to the rout.
3 Fauchelevent slackened his pace, but he could not detain the hearse.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER V—IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO BE DRUNK IN ORDER TO BE ...
Context Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER V—IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO BE DRUNK IN ORDER TO BE ...
4 The latter wished to detain him by darting certain tender glances; but Porthos urged the commands of duty, and the procurator's wife was obliged to give place to the king.
5 I am not one of those tyrants who detain women by force.
6 Well, well, my dear Edmond," continued the owner, "don't let me detain you.
7 Well, I must detain you some time longer, but I will strive to make it as short as possible.
8 I shall detain you until this evening in the Palais de Justice.
9 Beauchamp had not been seen since the day he visited Albert, and those of whom the latter inquired always told him he was out on a journey which would detain him some days.
10 Selden roused himself to detain her.
11 She sought to detain them for a little talk and some pleasantry.
12 She waved a dissenting hand, and went on, paying no further heed to their renewed cries which sought to detain her.
13 She clung to his hand, striving to detain him.
14 To Rotherwood will I come, brave Saxon, and that speedily; but, as now, pressing matters of moment detain me from your halls.
15 I am looking for Henry every day, and as soon as he comes there will be nothing to detain me at Mansfield.
Example Sentence:
1 The power to detain people without filing criminal charges against them is a dictatorial power.
2 The heavy traffic detained us for half an hour.
3 She was detained in the office by unexpected callers.
4 The suspect is detained at the police station.
5 They shouted out the names of those detained.
6 Iranian state television on Sunday aired what it described as the confession of an Iranian man detained for spying for the CIA.
7 Mr Sarkozy, who was subjected to the humiliation of being the first ex-head of state to be detained by police on Tuesday, appeared on television and radio tonight to denounce what he sees as an orchestrated politically-motivated campaign to destroy his reputation.