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

Shyshov claims that while in detention, Bartko has not consistently received her medications, occasionally going without them for days at a time. — Nathan Lee, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026

Under Texas law and barring extradition, Castro had to be released Thursday after 90 days in detention. — CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026

Milosevic died in detention on March 11, 2006, a few months before a verdict in his four-year tribunal trial for genocide and other war crimes in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo. — Ivana Sekularac, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026

The gloves have been adopted in detention centers, law enforcement agencies and jails across the country, though apparently none in California. — Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for in detention

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