Sentence examples for reported being held from inspiring English sources

About 6% reported being held against their will, 7% said they worked without pay.

Nearly half of all those questioned (49%) reported being held in a location against their will, often for ransom.

About 70% of the 116 children reported being held beyond the legally mandated 72-hour period, the groups said.

In another robbery, on Sept. 16, three surfers, who were camping in the same area where Mr. Weber was attacked, reported being held up by two armed men.

Some of the people who said they had been tortured reported being held in secret jails including at the homes of the president and a government minister.

Many of the detainees that HRW spoke to, including those who handed themselves in voluntarily, reported being held in cramped unhygienic detention centers that lacked basic amenities such as beds, water, food, and medical care.

The Olympic Games, as reported, were held every four years from 776 BC to 393 AD, when they were abolished by the Christian Byzantine Emperor Theodosius I.

The number of passengers reporting being held for more than two or so hours had dwindled to a few, and most with green cards said they hadn't had any problems.

By Sarah Stillman More than seventy thousand "third-country nationals" work for the American military in war zones; many report being held in conditions resembling indentured servitude by subcontractors who operate outside the law.

Arabs report being held up far longer at checkpoints and treated with hostility by those manning them.

The agency, Yahoo reported, claims the destruction was accidental and that a copy of the report is held elsewhere at Langley.