in detention

idiom

: 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

Senior District Judge Gregory Presnell took less than an hour to order the men’s release, saying the delay in providing them bond hearings in immigration court left them wrongly languishing in detention. —Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Feb. 2026

The priest recalled visiting the parishioner in detention. —Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2026

Barack Obama’s administration detained unaccompanied children and families despite humanitarian rhetoric, contradicting Clinton’s assertion that children were not placed in detention camps. —Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026

They were freed about a week after their attorney wrote a letter seeking their release on medical grounds and five days after NBC News published an article detailing what the family described as their nightmare in detention. —Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 19 Feb. 2026

Rhymes for in detention

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