Examples of detective in a Sentence

Adjective We had to do some detective work to find out who used to own the property. He enjoys reading detective novels. Noun She is a detective on the police force. Detective Sgt. Lee is working on the case. She hired a detective to follow her husband.

Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective Using a combination of detective work and innovative technology, everyone has pulled together to reveal the final resting place of this tenacious ship. — Julia Buckley, CNN, 24 June 2022 When a gunman opened fire at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., in 2016, a detective working extra duty shot at the gunman from outside the club. — New York Times, 22 June 2022 Almost overnight, Buryak, head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration, was thrust into a frantic, detective-like pursuit, scrambling for clues, trying to figure out where Russian soldiers were holding his son, and how to get him back. — Paulina Villegas And Reis Thebault, Anchorage Daily News, 20 June 2022 Almost overnight, Buryak, head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration, was thrust into a frantic, detective-like pursuit, scrambling for clues, trying to figure out where Russian soldiers were holding his son, and how to get him back. — Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 19 June 2022 Jurors received school surveillance footage, detective interrogation clips and heard audio of jail phone calls of him apologizing to his family, WPTV reported. — Garfield Hylton, orlandosentinel.com, 8 Apr. 2022 Police asked anyone with information on this homicide to call the detective office at (870) 730-2090 or the dispatch center at (870) 541-5300. — Pine Bluff Commercial, Arkansas Online, 21 Mar. 2022 The fastidious Hercule Poirot was her first detective hero, and though the character has been played by many actors, David Suchet owned him on the small screen. — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2022 The idea of the more detective, noirish Batman is just really fun. — The New Yorker, 29 May 2022 Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Neither Stittum, the detective, nor Steven Ohmer, the prosecutor, offered a motive for the crime, and no one who testified described a conflict between Dunn and Rogers. — Chris Pomorski, The New Republic, 23 June 2022 This iconic Alfred Hitchcock film follows a former San Francisco police detective (James Stewart), who is brought on a case to prevent his friend’s wife from dying by suicide. — Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 22 June 2022 But her big break came on the second season of the CBS series Mannix, when the star detective (Mike Connors) sets up his own P.I. firm and hires Fisher’s character, Peggy Fair, to be his Girl Friday. — Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 June 2022 Easily one of Benedict Cumberbatch's breakout roles, Sherlock stars Cumberbatch as the famous detective, paired with Martin Freeman as his Dr. Watson. — Milan Polk, Men's Health, 17 June 2022 Magistrate Robert Vann told an Indiana State Police detective that King made threats during a June 1 Zoom hearing discussing a child removed from her care. — Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2022 Cruz was bullied by his brother and classmates, his brother told a detective. — Scott Travis, Anchorage Daily News, 29 May 2022 The man told the detective Hayes showed him a rifle. — Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2022 According to the criminal complaint, Janice Moyer, a clerk for the village of Menomonee Falls, told a Waukesha County Sheriff's Department detective that Tafoya voted twice in the fall primary election. — Cathy Kozlowicz, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2022 See More

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