Words similar to detain

Example sentences for: detain

How can you use “detain” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

We have assessed this effort to detain aliens of "special interest."
The village is neat and tidy, but there’s nothing to detain you for very long.
The CIA worked hard with foreign security services to detain or at least keep an eye on suspected Bin Ladin associates.
New golf courses are being built in the area, but there’s little else to detain visitors.
Few tourists make it to this provincial capital, and it isn’t likely to detain you for more than a couple of hours.