Use of detention in Sentences. 45 Examples

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

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detention at the end of sentence


  1. She spent 18 years in detention.
  2. She was always getting put in detention .
  3. The judge will fix the period of detention.
  4. The judge will fix the period of detention.
  5. He made the confession while under detention.
  6. He made the confession while under detention.
  7. 147 of the illegal immigrants remain in detention.
  8. A public outcry secured her release from detention.
  9. He said that he was not tortured or maltreated during his detention.
  10. He has clearly not been chastened by his thirteen days in detention.
  11. If found guilty of smuggling drugs, she could face indefinite detention.
  12. If found guilty of smuggling drugs, she could face indefinite detention.

detention in the middle of sentence


  1. They can't give me detention for this.
  2. They can't give me detention for this.
  3. He was kept in detention by the police.
  4. He was kept in detention by the police.
  5. He was held in detention from 1991 to 2009.
  6. He was held in detention from 1991 to 2009.
  7. He was held in detention from 1991 to 2001.
  8. Willis was held in detention for five years.
  9. He was shipped off to a juvenile detention center.
  10. The teacher kept the boys in detention after school.
  11. Jails and temporary detention camps are overflowing.
  12. The pilot is serving 22 days detention for going AWOL.
  13. The pilot is serving 22 days detention for going AWOL.
  14. The prisoners were discharged from the detention camp.
  15. The prisoners were discharged from the detention camp.
  16. Arbitrary arrests and detention without trial were common.
  17. Arbitrary arrests and detention without trial were common.
  18. The detention raised two distinct but closely linked questions.
  19. The detention raised two distinct but closely linked questions.
  20. They were sentenced to 12 months' detention in a young offender institution.
  21. Current legislation provides for the detention of those suspected of terrorism.
  22. Current legislation provides for the detention of those suspected of terrorism.
  23. The government is devising a plan to liberate prisoners held in detention camps.
  24. The government is devising a plan to liberate prisoners held in detention camps.
  25. He described the detention without trial of political opponents as a cowardly act.
  26. She's claiming that her detention by the police was a violation of her human rights.
  27. She's claiming that her detention by the police was a violation of her human rights.
  28. Opponents of the regime had been subject to arbitrary detention, torture and execution.
  29. Opponents of the regime had been subject to arbitrary detention, torture and execution.
  30. Concern has been expressed about the death in detention of a number of political prisoners.
  31. Concern has been expressed about the death in detention of a number of political prisoners.
  32. Reports of torture and mass executions in Serbia's detention camps have outraged the world's religious leaders.
  33. Reports of torture and mass executions in Serbia's detention camps have outraged the world's religious leaders.

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