Examples of 'detained him' in a sentence

Meaning of "detained him"

When someone is taken into custody or held against their will by the authorities, typically due to suspicions of criminal activity or for questioning in relation to a crime

How to use "detained him" in a sentence

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detained him
But we have detained him for questioning.
I wonder what could have detained him.
She detained him until colleagues arrived.
Nature studies have detained him on the way.
They detained him there for a month.
You should have detained him.
Lynn detained him for insubordination.
Prison is not inherently detained him.
I merely detained him for questioning.
The police arrested and detained him twice.
We detained him near his house.
The officers detained him also.
They detained him and found four bodies.
China later confirmed it had detained him again.
Detained him two days ago.

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They immediately detained him for questioning.
We detained him as a professional courtesy.
But his employer detained him with a gesture.
I can not imagine what could have detained him.
Then a man detained him and people saw me.
Which is why we detained him.
Policemen detained him when he was leaving his workplace.
I would have detained him.
We detained him yesterday.
They have detained him.
Kogan held the assailant until police detained him.
The police detained him immediately.
He cooperated when we detained him.
And we detained him upstairs.
He was parked outside the center when police detained him.
Police detained him outside.
He was driving to his base but we have detained him for questioning.
Both have detained him for various periods without charge.
Not since we detained him.
Germany detained him for two years for making dirty bombs.
We wired it out on his ear when we detained him for questioning.
We detained him because he was black in the area of the crime acting suspiciously.
It just detained him.
Vance said he might stop in for supper if nothing important detained him.
We have detained him.
The man would have passed on but that she detained him.
The soldiers detained him for one hour near their hummer.
The police officers managed to free the man and detained him.
They took him away and detained him for one week.
The police detained him for an additional two days beyond the court order.
The public security organs have detained him in accordance with the law.
You detained him based upon a witness statement which was illegally obtained through inducement.
He just took the kids to play and they have detained him for it.
But they only detained him after he crossed back across the line.
They sent him to a mental hospital and detained him there for two months.

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