Example sentences for: detention

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

  • Pursuant to section 801(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule promulgated by the Department of Justice, Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) and Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), entitled "Inspection and Expedited Removal of Aliens; Detention and Removal of Aliens; Conduct of Removal Proceedings; Asylum Procedures" (RIN: 1115-AE47).

  • Undeniably, China remains a nasty place for many Christians, who, in many parts of the country, risk harassment and detention simply for practicing their faith.

  • Five different types--a geek, a richie, a screw-up, a jock, and a sullen arty girl--are forced to spend a Saturday in detention considering who they are.

  • The same newspaper reported the "disappointment and grave concern" expressed by South African President Nelson Mandela over the detention without charges on Christmas Day of the Zambian founder-president and independence hero, Kenneth Kaunda, by the current Zambian president, Frederick Chiluba, who claimed that Kaunda had been implicated in an attempted coup d'état last October.

  • Kang Kek Ieu has admitted to being "Duch," the director of the Tuol Sleng detention center in Phnom Penh, where at least 16,000 people were executed during the Khmer Rouge's 1975-79 "killing fields" reign of terror, the magazine said.


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