Sentence examples for might detain from inspiring English sources

Protest organisers had been raising concerns that authorities might detain Hazare and force feed him.

Graffitied on a wall the wordplay of "None sing/ Neon sign" might detain you for a few seconds.

Her mother warned her that the secret police might detain people on the street, simply on suspicion of skipping work.

On my latest passport photo, I looked like the type that the T.S.A. might detain for an extra round of questioning.

"With Saddam's security and Saddam's staff, if you had any connections with other countries, they might detain you, even if you had done nothing," Mr. Hamandi said.

For instance, the government might detain individuals who had spent time in countries associated with terrorist activities, said Douglas W. Kmiec, a constitutional law expert at the Catholic University of America in Washington.

He might be detained without official explanation.

Thus, there is a "credible threat" that Lawson might be detained again under § 647 e).

I thought I might be detained for a very long time," he said.

Late one night, an activist asked if Assange might be detained upon his arrival in the United States.

Serbia's justice minister, Vladan Batic, hinted that the former president and other members of his circle might be detained soon.