Detain

"Detain" in a Sentence (10 examples)

Don't let me detain you.

To my surprise, the young lady held up her gloved hand to detain me.

"They can't arrest me." "Shut your mouth! You haven't seen anything yet. Those bastards can arrest you, detain you for God knows how long, torture you, humiliate you, rape you, shoot you in the head, then bury you where no one could ever find you."

"Him with speeches fair / and sweet allurements doth the queen detain; / but Juno's hospitality I fear; / scarce at an hour like this will she her hand forbear."

"Shall I leave, Percy?" she asked. He clutched her hand to detain her.

She laid her hand, in all simplicity and kindness, upon the skirt of his cloak, as if to detain him.

Police said they expected to get court permission to detain the two journalists for up to 15 days while they prepare to charge them for bringing the drone into the country without permission, a violation that could result in a maximum three-year jail sentence.

Are you coming willingly, or do we have to detain you?

Detain not the wages of the hireling.

In April of 2009, however, the disease was found to suddenly no longer be appearing in newly-hatched chickens, and, upon review, it was discovered that Dr. Wildcat had modified 6002 without authorization, removing the disease from the genome. She's detained and questioned by Muller, and, even though she tries to lie that she didn't do anything, they have footage of her ascending the tree on her own.

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