Sentence examples for detaining me from inspiring English sources

I cared less about the place, and more about the people who were detaining me..

"Not once, but twice in my case, this government has been involved either in directly detaining me or indirectly detaining me," he said.

As I saw Charles Koch exit into the bar area surrounded by a phalanx of security, I walked towards him, and Gentry grabbed my arm, forcibly detaining me.

I got the impression that he thought I was a professional musician, which would have been kind of flattering coming from anyone other than a stranger detaining me against my will in an airport holding cell.

"We went into court with a very straightforward proposition -- that habeas corpus meant every single person detained has a right to go into court and say to the government: 'Tell me why you are detaining me and give me the legal justification,'" Michael wrote in his chapter published in my book, "The United States and Torture: Interrogation, Incarceration, and Abuse".

Then say, "Officer, am I free to go or are you detaining me?

Immigration detained me the first time.

same thing happened yesterday when army detained me.

Do they have any right to detain me?

I asked how long they would detain me.

I had no visa, and the police detained me.