During his absence the doctor made an unsuccessful effort to regain his freedom, and in the struggle stabbed one of his detainers with a cane-sword.
Make haste; set off directly, and come back, as there may be more detainers in.
I've a shrewd guess, Mr. Wharton, that you have got up all the creditors here who could lodge detainers and his lordship offers to pay all honest debts at once, and to put in bail against yours.
It is not usual to lodge detainers till caption has been actually effected, I think, my good friend.
Rules, he escaped from the Rules, under the apprehension that he should have detainers against him for four thousand pounds more.
Unfortunately other detainers are out against both of us.
They were in a Debtors' Prison: they were afraid of becoming known, in which case not only would other detainers be put in, but they might themselves be arrested on some criminal charge.
For hunting up detainers and running up the costs he has no equal.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "detainers" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
