Sentence examples for kept against from inspiring English sources

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First, Neyfakh says, "she was kept against her will in a California hotel for days.

The staff all seem like they're being kept against their will.

The victim, who cannot be named, was kept against her will as she was raped and beaten by Khan.

Some had been there for weeks and said they were kept against their will by staff who tried to brainwash them into becoming paying "members".

It is alleged that she is being kept against her will in the most inhumane conditions imaginable: caged, physically assaulted, deprived of food and water, and refused permission to use the bathroom.

Around the same time, the Court ruled, in O'Connor v. Donaldson, that a Florida man named Kenneth Donaldson had been kept against his will in a state psychiatric hospital for nearly fifteen years.

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They kept on against all odds, against forces that -- at the time -- seemed insurmountable.

Security guards kept them against the wall, cautioning them against using flashes.

A din of rocks kept banging against them.

We did something completely unorthodox – we kept negotiating against ourselves.

A meaty gray moth kept thumping against the screen.

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