Sentence examples for are detainees from inspiring English sources
noun
Someone who is detained, especially in custody or confinement
There are detainees at Guantánamo who are dangerous murderers.
The whole family are detainees, and their father is considered by Australian authorities to be an extreme security risk, "plainly a dangerous terrorist" in the words of the attorney general George Brandis.
Some critics of the Bush administration, who have become critics of Mr. Obama as well, have long said they are skeptical that there are detainees who are a demonstrable risk to the country but against whom the government can make no criminal case.
Most life forms are detainees of the earth's surface, but birds are free, living and breathing above the ground.
For example, there are detainees here awaiting trial for stealing a bottle of vodka or a bicycle.
The victims -- whether they are detainees in Guantánamo Bay, asylum seekers on our southern border, or black men in our communities -- will never be able to trust those in authority again.
A lot of these guys were detainees.
There was no evidence, the court concluded, that the men were detainees from Srebrenica.
When I brought this up to Lt. Col. Breasseale, he responded, "They're detainees.
There are 116 detainees currently at Guantánamo.
There are 174 detainees remaining at Guantánamo.
