How to Use detain in a Sentence

detain

verb

• They were detained by the police for questioning.
• He claimed he had been illegally detained.
• Unexpected business had detained her.
• Dali was detained in Paris and flew back to New York on Dec. 4.
  — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 26 Dec. 2024
• The deputies tried to detain him, but the three men ended up grappling on the ground.
  — Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2022
• The man came out of the apartment just before 5 a.m. and was detained by deputies.
  — Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 10 Apr. 2024
• As sirens blared, the officers were able to get Williams on the ground to detain him, the video shows.
  — Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
• Hochberg said Walls was attempting to detain the man for the crime and denied that Walls choked the man.
  — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Dec. 2022
• One of them joked that I might be detained once inside.
  — TIME, 17 Apr. 2024
• Four were detained in Georgia in late April, along with more than 150 books.
  — Rachel Donadio, New York Times, 1 May 2024
• The air marshal was able to detain the suspect and police helped to remove him from the plane.
  — Sophie Reardon, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2021
• Nearly two-thirds of those who are detained are Black teens.
  — Molly Parker, ProPublica, 8 Nov. 2023
• Kyiv says are detained in Russia – shows what is at stake for Ukraine.
  — Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 16 Feb. 2025
• Deputies detained the shooter on scene, and his name has not yet been released.
  — Lisa J. Huriash, Sun Sentinel, 29 Nov. 2024
• Smotrich, then 25, was detained and questioned for weeks.
  — Mark Mazzetti Jonathan Davis Anna Diamond David Mason, New York Times, 16 May 2024
• Deputies detained Wiggins and his girlfriend, then searched the house but did not find the victim.
  — Michael McGough, Sacramento Bee, 25 Jan. 2025
• Cruz located one of the teens and attempted to detain him, but the teen ran.
  — Emilie Eaton, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Feb. 2022
• Officers were able to locate and detain the man a short distance from the home.
  — cleveland, 4 Mar. 2022
• Some people were detained, their hands bound with zip ties.
  — TIME, 2 May 2024
• The suspects were stopped in a Winn-Dixie parking lot and detained.
  — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 3 July 2024
• Hours before the game, he was detained along with a few of his Dolphins teammates.
  — Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 9 Sep. 2024
• The footage then depicts a struggle that starts as Blasingame attempts to detain Black.
  — Teresa Moss, Arkansas Online, 9 June 2022
• That these civilians took it upon them on their own to take him in, to detain him, to stop his movements.
  — Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2022
• Officers, gun in hand, then approach and detain the man.
  — Li Cohen, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2023
• Tens of thousands more are detained each month at the southern border trying to join them.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
• Two other juveniles were stopped and detained in the 1400 block of Southwest Bertha Blvd.
  — oregonlive, 9 Apr. 2023
• Police were able to detain about 15 people, some of whom were under 18 years old, the lieutenant said.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Nov. 2021
• Officers in the area saw a large group of people exit the restaurant and detained one person.
  — Christian Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2023
• The accused will continue to be detained until the court approves their sureties.
  — Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 2 Aug. 2023
• After her rights were read and she was issued the citation, LeBaron was let out of the vehicle and not detained.
  — Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 6 Mar 2025