"detention" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Afternoons were given over to village leave, organised games, set walks, leisure periods and detention.
- Best of all, none of these sources will give you detention!
- Rather than asking for reasons, which included being bullied and hit by several older boys, his teachers simply gave him late marks and detention.
- When the boys protest he gives them detention for the week.
- Nobody had minded except the Headmaster, who had given him detention.
- Example: A child is given detention for acting up in school, but the frequency of the bad behavior increases.
- The boys said students who go to school without wearing the uniform are given detention or may even be sent home.
- If she didn't do her homework or arrived late, she was given detention.
- "I had to give him detention this afternoon," he said.
- Travis is given detention for bringing a pet to school.
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