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Use of detain in Sentences. 45 Examples

The examples include detain at the start of sentence, detain at the end of sentence and detain in the middle of sentence

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detain at the start of sentence

  1. Detain any person who poses an imminent threat of death or serious bodily harm.
  2. Detain any person who poses an imminent threat of death or serious bodily harm.

detain in the middle of sentence

  1. Taiwan did not detain long.
  2. Taiwan did not detain long.
  3. This issue need not detain us long.
  4. What else can detain him at Norland?
  5. What else can detain him at Norland?
  6. Allow me to detain you for a moment.
  7. The campaign did not detain him long.
  8. I won't detain you and spoil your fun.
  9. I won't detain you and spoil your fun.
  10. This question need not detain us long.
  11. This question need not detain us long.
  12. Thank you. We won't detain you any further.
  13. Thank you. We won't detain you any further.
  14. Neither wit nor wisky could detain him then.
  15. Well, mother, I won't detain you any longer.
  16. Well, mother, I won't detain you any longer.
  17. Neither wit nor wisky could detain him then.
  18. We shall have to detain him and question him.
  19. The prehistory of languages need not detain us.
  20. Light detain amerce, send careful imprisonment again.
  21. Light detain amerce, send careful imprisonment again.
  22. Nor do they have the power to arrest or detain suspects.
  23. He caught her arm in a subconscious attempt to detain her.
  24. The act allows police to detain a suspect for up to 48 hours.
  25. The act allows police to detain a suspect for up to 48 hours.
  26. If the police wish to detain him they must place him under arrest.
  27. If the police wish to detain him they must place him under arrest.
  28. It is against the law to detain you against your will for any length of time.
  29. The police are now allowed to detain terrorist suspects for as long as a week.
  30. The police are now allowed to detain terrorist suspects for as long as a week.
  31. I do not need to detain the House with a contemporary history of that sad state.
  32. I do not need to detain the House with a contemporary history of that sad state.
  33. If they witness a law being broken, they can detain a suspect until police arrive.
  34. If they witness a law being broken, they can detain a suspect until police arrive.
  35. But the monotonous competition between the two superpowers need not detain us here.
  36. Normally, Mickeen would detain you as long as he could, jabbering away about this, that and the other.
  37. Normally, Mickeen would detain you as long as he could, jabbering away about this, that and the other.
  38. The police now have up to ninety-six hours, i.e. four days and nights, to detain people without charge.
  39. I won't detain you for much longer, Miss Reid. There are just a few more questions that I need to ask you.
  40. State officials said the visiting police helped state agents detain 12 people and recuperate 12 stolen cars.
  41. State officials said the visiting police helped state agents detain 12 people and recuperate 12 stolen cars.
  42. Through the fifteenth-century wooden door there is little to detain the visitor, just a few tantalizing traces of eleventh-century frescoes.
  43. Through the fifteenth-century wooden door there is little to detain the visitor, just a few tantalizing traces of eleventh-century frescoes.

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