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Example sentences for: detain

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

On Thursday, the United States told the Coast Guard to bar Japanese cargo ships from U.S. ports and to detain those already here.
But there’s little to detain a visitor and no attractive accommodations.
Few tourists make it to this provincial capital, and it isn’t likely to detain you for more than a couple of hours.
The Hispanic agents often come in for special pleading in Spanish and failing that, special abuse, from those they detain.
We have assessed this effort to detain aliens of "special interest."