in detention

phrase

: in a prison or similar place

Dozens of protesters were held/kept in detention for six hours.

Examples of in detention in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

After 16 days in detention, the government had approved the petition for Wilber’s release. — Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026

Yoon remains in detention and did not attend the ruling, which is final. — ABC News, 9 July 2026

Soon after Chavez arrived in detention, one of the men in his cell recognized the teen’s pattern of sleeping through the day as a silent cry for help. — Mica Rosenberg, ProPublica, 6 July 2026

Disabled people are disproportionately represented in detention, where inaccessible conditions, inadequate medical care, and systemic neglect put lives at risk. — Keely Cat-Wells, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

Rhymes for in detention

• apprehension
• comprehension
• condescension
• hypertension
• hypotension
• reinvention
• reprehension
• resuspension
• attention
• contention
• convention
• declension