Examples of private detective in a Sentence
when the police insisted that it was an accident and not murder, she hired a private detective
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The book introduced readers to Easy Rawlins, a private detective in mid-20th-century Watts who would go on to figure into more than 15 novels (and counting).
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Michael Schaub,
Oc Register,
25 June 2026
The stylistic eccentricities have been dialed back, including the use of old Hollywood film clips to reflect the action and possibly the thoughts of its main character, a cinephile from space, who is both practicing and enacting the work of a private detective.
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Robert Lloyd,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
William Hopper’s Paul Drake assisted as Mason’s go-to private detective with a knack for finding the evidence Mason and his clients needed.
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Victoria Edel,
PEOPLE,
16 June 2026
Meanwhile, private detectives probed Hadley’s vulnerabilities as a witness.
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Heidi Blake,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
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Michael Schaub,
Oc Register,
25 June 2026
The stylistic eccentricities have been dialed back, including the use of old Hollywood film clips to reflect the action and possibly the thoughts of its main character, a cinephile from space, who is both practicing and enacting the work of a private detective.
—
Robert Lloyd,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
William Hopper’s Paul Drake assisted as Mason’s go-to private detective with a knack for finding the evidence Mason and his clients needed.
—
Victoria Edel,
PEOPLE,
16 June 2026
Meanwhile, private detectives probed Hadley’s vulnerabilities as a witness.
—
Heidi Blake,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for private detective
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“Private detective.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/private%20detective. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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