List of antonyms from "destroyed" to antonyms from "determination"


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Definition of the day : « detention »

  • noun confinement, imprisonment
Example sentences :
  • We had good passages out and home, experiencing no detention or accidents.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • His detention was doubtless irregular, for by law he should have been sent beyond the seas.
  • Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude
  • That done, he resorted to measures for La Boulaye's detention.
  • Extract from : « The Trampling of the Lilies » by Rafael Sabatini
  • He had a warrant authorising her detention in a home for chronic inebriates.
  • Extract from : « The Missionary » by George Griffith
  • Detention, most courteously arranged, while the Ambassador was communicated with.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 » by Various
  • Sir Donald urges the necessity of Paul's arrest and detention.
  • Extract from : « Oswald Langdon » by Carson Jay Lee
  • The boat reached her mooring in good season, notwithstanding the detention.
  • Extract from : « Little By Little » by William Taylor Adams
  • Foyle murmured an assent and led the way back to the detention room.
  • Extract from : « The Grell Mystery » by Frank Froest
  • The detention of this mysterious prisoner in the Bastille was not an extended one.
  • Extract from : « Historical Tales, Vol. 6 (of 15) » by Charles Morris
  • Far from detention, he received supplies and reinforcements.
  • Extract from : « Mexico » by Charles Reginald Enock