Examples of 'detain us' in a sentence

Meaning of "detain us"

detain us ~ This phrase is commonly used to describe a situation where someone is being held or restricted against their will, typically by a person of authority such as law enforcement

How to use "detain us" in a sentence

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detain us
They will not detain us for long.
You have no authority to question us or detain us.
Nothing will deter or detain us in our efforts.
We are going to spread it and nobody is going to detain us.
I thought they would detain us for days.
Detain us if you wish.
This case need not detain us long.
They will detain us and you will miss your meeting.
This type of instrument need not detain us long.
At the worst detain us for a week.
The details need not detain us.
They will detain us immediately.
Just one point need detain us.
Detain us here.
If you intend to detain us any longer.

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They ordered to hand over our weapons and detain us.
These need not detain us here for now.
You have no grounds to detain us.
Detain us at this time, as we shall speak of them hereafter in connection.
They will not detain us here.
I have one small condition to ask but it need not detain us.
Apparently, the feds can detain us indefinitely.
The third time they came together with journalists to detain us.
They will detain us immediately and then put all of us in front of court-martial.
Only the last need detain us.
The only one that need detain us is affirmation, including judgment, or affirmation to oneself.
You have no right to detain us.
If you intend to detain us any longer, I would like to hear a statement of cause.
That need not detain us.
Israel can detain us in a cell, but under occupation it feels like in prison anyway . ”.
And he heartily prays some occasion may detain us longer.
Can they detain us like this?
They will obviously detain us.
Sir, you can't detain us like this.
We can not let them treat us like sheep and illegally detain us.
If you intend to detain us.
I can not imagine that Ambassador Mauric would have any reason to detain us.
The observation is too plain dumb to detain us for long.
You have our visas . This is a scientific mission . You have no right to detain us.
The thorny problem of employee participation should not detain us too long during the conference.
Accordingly your rapporteur does not feel that these need detain us long.
There really is not anything to detain us in Grosmont.
I can not imagine Ambassador Mauric would have reason to detain us.
There are no guards to detain us.
She evidently understood something . There are no guards to detain us.
There is nothing to detain us.
Norwest 's two other state constitutional contentions need not detain us long.
Now that we know the harbours, the rest need not detain us long.
I do not either . That need not detain us.
This is a scientific mission . You have no right to detain us.

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