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How many syllables in Detained?

detained has 2 syllables

Split Detained into syllables?

de-tained

Definition of Detained

to keep someone in official custody, typically for questioning about a crime or in a political context

How should Detained divide into syllables

The first syllable 'de' has a short vowel sound 'e' and the second syllable 'tained' has a long vowel sound 'ai'. There are three consonants 'd', 't', and 'n'

Part of Speech - Detained

Verb

Sentences with Detained

The police detained the suspect for questioning.
The immigration officers detained the undocumented immigrants.
The government detained the political dissidents without trial.
The school principal detained the student for breaking the rules.
The airport security detained the passenger for carrying a prohibited item.
The soldiers detained the enemy combatants for interrogation.
The court ordered to detain the defendant until the trial.
The parents detained the child for misbehaving.
The border patrol detained the smugglers and confiscated their goods.
The police detained the protesters for blocking the road.

Quotes with Detained

We are detaining a huge number of people, and we don't know what to do with them.
Mental agitation and eating cares are more injurious to health, and destructive of life, than is commonly imagined, and could their effects be collected, would make no inconsiderable figure in the bills of mortality.
Detain not the humblest petitioner; for he is a petitioner, a fellow mortal, and a brother.
Detain not the heart, which longs to be on the wings of the morning, flying to its Father's house.
Detain not the children of the poor from obtaining knowledge.
Detain thy soul in the light, and give not place to darkness.
Detain not the wealth of the needy.
Detain not the messenger of sorrow.
Detain not the breath of praise.
Detain not the world with thy business.