"detain" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- "The Americans detained about 50 people from my neighborhood that night."
- He has been detained here since his return from Switzerland.
- Meantime, I would not for the world detain you longer from your friends.
- He was further detained without trial from 1976 to 1978, and several times between 1982 and 1984.
- Associated Press personnel were detained and removed from their hotel, but later released.
- Some were detained and taken miles from their homes, then forced to walk or hitchhike back.
- But as I am not, do not let me detain old friends from their enjoyment.
- "Logically, he is an essential part of your crew and cannot be long detained from duty."
- Estimates of the number of people detained range from 250 to 2,000, and the arrests continue.
- Instead, German citizens were detained and evicted from coastal areas on an individual basis.
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