Sentence examples for held for days from inspiring English sources
People were held for days awaiting arraignment, some unable even to call home.
Another had his mouth smashed with a rifle butt and was held for days without treatment.
Three of the men have said in court that they were held for days and given little food.
Human rights groups say that around January's protests dozens of civilians were captured by security police and held for days at police camps on the outskirts of Cairo.
The state requires that landfill-bound harvest leftovers be ground up, mixed with other garbage, bagged and held for days to render it unusable by scavenging smokers.
That ruling stemmed from years of the court system's being so backed up that it was routine for defendants to be held for days without seeing a judge.
One child was held for 25 days and another for 12 days, according to the report.
However, it had to be held for 6 days before, during, and 5 days after the delivery of the radiation.
The department's report said that about 90percentt of the material witnesses were held for 90 days or less, 80percentt were held for 60 days or less, and about half were held for 30 days or less.
Eliana was released after a day while Eunice was held for 13 days in isolation.
