Citations:detained


 * 1678 — John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress.
 * Thus pleasing himself awhile, he at last fell into a slumber, and thence into a fast sleep, which detained him in that place until it was almost night; and in his sleep, his roll fell out of his hand.


 * 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
 * In his agony, he caught the spectral hand. It sought to free itself, but he was strong in his entreaty, and detained it. The Spirit, stronger yet, repulsed him.