detain
verb (used with object)
to keep from proceeding; keep waiting; delay.
is detaining
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present progressiveof detain (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"As soon as I was informed that everything is fine, our champion was released and no-one is detaining him anymore."
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2024
Instead, Pakistan is detaining and crowding Afghans in holding centers.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 9, 2023
But trying them locally has proved impossible — the Iraqi government has ruled out doing so, and the Kurdish administration that is detaining them in Syria is not internationally recognized.
From New York Times ● Jul. 5, 2022
The Biden administration is detaining far fewer migrants than the Trump administration did at its peak, when more than 50,000 people were in custody.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 1, 2022
He has met the girl," the argument went, "and she is detaining him with a fine story of her wrongs.
From Aladdin of London or, Lodestar by Pemberton, Max, Sir
