Examples of 'they detained' in a sentence

Meaning of "they detained"

they detained: This phrase refers to the act of holding someone in custody or restraining their freedom, usually by a legal authority. It implies that the person or group being detained is not allowed to leave or move freely

How to use "they detained" in a sentence

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they detained
They detained three men for questioning.
Something the whole group were they detained.
They detained me an extra day because of you.
Just after they detained you.
They detained him there for a month.
In the end they detained me only.
They detained the suspect without incident.
It felt like they detained me.
They detained me and confiscated the poster.
Police said they detained.
They detained us in a pitch dark bunker for days.
When officers arrived they detained the man and woman.
They detained him and found four bodies.
Asif went to the police station today with his sisters and they detained him.
They detained a member of the band.
Gibraltar ordered the release of an Iranian oil tanker they detained last month.
They detained some of the wounded.
The NSW Police were called and they detained this person.
First they detained my grandparents.
But unfortunately in the Japanese camps they detained American citizens.
They detained our bags.
Later I heard from the same precinct in Chechnya where they detained and tortured gays.
They detained us after that.
So I got to the FBI office in downtown because they detained somebody.
They detained that person.
When he tried to protest, they detained him for a few hours.
They detained him.
Your guys attacked us again in the morning, and they detained us.
But they detained me.
She was filming the police 's intervention when they detained and beat her.
For how long were they detained without judicial or other proceedings.
She was filming the police 's intervention during the protest when they detained and beat her.
It failed because they detained and put our leaders in prison.
This thing has gone to another level . They detained me.
They detained and.
Alonso just called from the police station, they detained him at an anti-eviction demonstration.
They detained us.
I can not believe they detained you, Admiral.
I suppose they detained me as somebody who was disturbing the interests of the government.
When police arrived, they detained Rodriguez.
They detained the sex workers for a long time before releasing them.
Iraida Nikolaeva screamed, running after police in Moscow when they detained her son.
Eventually they detained one of the practitioners and sent him to a forced labor camp.
Why do you think they detained you?
They detained them there for some days before taking them away in a military vehicle.
And when I came back, they detained me at the airport.
They detained a number of Palestinians for interrogation.
Officials said they detained 65 people in total.
They detained Kokorina and initially refused her access to her lawyer.
Well, if they detained her.

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