Sentence examples for am detained from inspiring English sources
verb
Keep (someone) from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention.
A few days later, I am detained at a train station.
"I believed the country has grown democratically, but if I am detained and prosecuted, my case will confirm what is being said out there," Mr. Erlinder said.
As I am detained for the third time in the first week it begins to dawn on me that rambling a military zone might prove problematic.
More tellingly, I am warned that no amount of paperwork will protect me if I am detained by an "irregular" branch of the security or intelligence services while interviewing members of the public.
"I am detained fighting to stay with my daughters they need me they are very little".
"Explain what I'm detained for... What I am detained for?" One officer replied that he was being arrested for trespassing. .
Six insurgents were detained.
Dozens have been detained.
