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Definition of the day : « detain »
- verb hold, keep back; arrest
- "Don't let me detain you," said Halbert, with an elaborate share of politeness.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- What he had to say therefore on the subject would not detain them long.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- Mrs. Menotti tried to detain him; she could not understand what was amiss.
- Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
- Then she withdrew her arms, and this time he did not try to detain her.
- Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
- As everything was right, the ship did not detain us, and we were permitted to proceed.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- Where, he admitted with sorrow, he had no right to detain them.
- Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
- These Delawares have their laws, which forbid them to detain you; but I—I have no such obligation.
- Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
- Maltravers did not seek to detain her, but silently followed her steps.
- Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- I'm sure I should rather have wondered what could detain him at Burleigh.
- Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- But, surely, he might not detain Mr Merdle while he assumed his coat?
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens