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'detention' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'detention' with 4 example sentences.


detention noun

: a state of being confined (usually for a short time)

: a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home


  • No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.
  • You just bought yourself another day of detention.
  • He forgot to bring his homework, so he got detention.
  • I escaped from the detention center.
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