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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:

For reasons that need not detain us here, some years ago I happened to be visiting the translation section of a large publishing company in darkest Hertfordshire, England, and I became involved in conversation with one of the employees, a charming young French translator.
[Independent Counsel Starr uses Tripp to detain Monica.
We have assessed this effort to detain aliens of "special interest."
New golf courses are being built in the area, but there’s little else to detain visitors.
The CIA worked hard with foreign security services to detain or at least keep an eye on suspected Bin Ladin associates.