Detaining

Examples

• I wish you were not so tired, said he, still detaining Fanny after all the others were in the house--I wish I left you in stronger health. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• What can be detaining Tan Gama? Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• We had better move on, Mr. Weston, said she, we are detaining the girls. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Not yet, not yet,' said the young man, detaining her as she rose. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Charley,' returned his sister, detaining his hand as he withdrew it, 'I think you had better stay. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I can then speak to you as we walk, both without detaining you here, and without intruding longer here myself. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• You will not thank me for detaining you from the bewitching converse of that young lady, whose bright eyes are also upbraiding me. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• But, I had already considered that such a course, by detaining us there, or binding us to come back, might be fatal to Provis. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• I had possibly some confused idea of detaining her until she had told me more. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I waited for no more; but sat down to address Lord Deerhurst, begging him to consider the risk he ran in detaining such a child. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Well, my dear Sir, well,' said the little man, still detaining him; 'just tell me what _will_ do. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.

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