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How to use detaining in a sentence

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And there are charges of kidnapping, detaining without trial and murdering of oppositionists.
Still, it is hard to defend detaining foreign nationals without charges or trial.
It is not logical, he argues to be unable to proceed against the detaining authority and yet recover damages against a third party.
A police dog who happens to smell an illegal substance on casual passing in a train station is probably cause for detaining you.
Police scoured the city, eventually finding and detaining the miscreant pair.
He also has two convictions for detaining a child without lawful authority, she said.
Third, if police insist on arresting or detaining you, let them know that you wish to contact your lawyer and do so immediately.
Freddie was passed down the line, each diver detaining him to take their turn.
It appeared to be pointing in my direction to scare me away and stop me detaining him.
There has been a very huge difference between actually arresting someone and detaining him for questioning.
On top of everything else, Minihadji's arrest was illegal as the gendarmes gave no reason for detaining him.
The purpose of detaining the individual may be based on the need to protect victims of, or witnesses to, the offence.
These employees have power to enforce laws by seizing goods, or detaining and arresting people.
However, rather than only considering the possible results of releasing the woman, the court should also consider the impact of detaining her.
If the judge has a reasonable doubt about the necessity of detaining the accused, the release is granted, with or without conditions.
There is no evidence to suggest that there is a widespread practice of detaining relatives of terrorism suspects.
They underline the unacceptability of detaining minors and urge the EU to put an end to the practice.
Internees so elected shall enter upon their duties after their election has been approved by the detaining authorities.
The practice of detaining people in the streets and busting into their homes and workplaces to check on their identification is common in police states.
Please comment on the widely used practice of detaining asylum seekers during the processing of their asylum applications.
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The stick-tights and jimson weed held her with detaining hands as she ran back through the unmown lawn.
He was about to lift the next tray, when dita laid a detaining hand on his arm.
The mighty shape shoots up twenty feet or so, and the man in the singlet darts to the corner to cut a lone detaining rope.
They passed through the gate like apparitions, without the guards thinking of detaining them, and reached the open country.
After half an hour of pumping I sent him away, detaining woodruff.
You will not thank me for detaining you from the bewitching converse of that young lady, whose bright eyes are also upbraiding me.
The urge of adolescence carries them away out of our detaining hands.
Excitedly Kirkwood touched the man's arm with a detaining hand.
Shelby's dread of his succeeding in recapturing Eliza and her child, and of course the greater her motive for detaining him by every female artifice.
Detaining them in our possession longer than the lender had reason to expect.
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