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Meanings of detain hand in English

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Usage of detain hand in English
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She moved swiftly forward despite the detaining hand of the Duke's Daughter.
Michel and Angele [A Ladder of Swords] — Volume 2
2
The favorite broke from the Governor's detaining hand and conciliatory speech.
To Have and to Hold
3
Philip, instead of following the doctor, laid a detaining hand upon his arm.
Philip Steele of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police
4
Gabriel broke from the detaining hands and drawing a revolver, rushed for the door.
Graustark
5
Miss Thompson followed, placing a detaining hand on her arm.
Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School / The Merry Doings of ...
6
Barnes laid a firm, detaining hand on the man's shoulder.
Green Fancy
7
Julie cried, laying a detaining hand upon his arm.
The Ashiel mystery: A Detective Story
8
Roy struggled madly in their detaining hands, but Old Faithful and Foster-father looked at each other.
The Adventures of Akbar
9
He fought farther back against the detaining hands.
The Abandoned Room
10
Aaron arose and laid detaining hands upon him.
The Yoke / A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Chil...
11
Keith dashed after her, laying a detaining hand on her bridle when he reached her side.
The Little Colonel's House Party
12
John Sargent laid a pacifically detaining hand on Nahum Beals's arm as he strode past him.
The Portion of Labor
13
Marian did not answer, but half tried to free herself from the detaining hands of her friends.
Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School
14
The prince smiled indulgently, as if a child had laid a little, detaining hand upon his sleeve.
Romance Island
15
To the astonishment of both the saddle chums the Mexican boy threw out a detaining hand, crying earnestly:
The Saddle Boys of the Rockies; Or, Lost on Thunder Mountain
16
I would rise in bed, struggling against the detaining hands, and curse my father till the rafters rang.
John Barleycorn