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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And while the chemistry in the show — which followed a former model (Shepherd) and a detective (Bruce) who manage a private detective agency — was undeniable, a feud was seemingly brewing behind the scenes.
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Abby Stern, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
Her super-powered private detective first appeared on Netflix's Jessica Jones — the streamer's second Marvel series after the original Daredevil — in 2015.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Oct. 2025
The movie follows the last human private detective in a futuristic world inhabited by humans and aliens.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2025
That’s what the private detective with the cheap shoes and designer spectacles, who calls herself Betty but is really named Cynthia Blithe (that would be Swinton), serves to remind.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 31 Aug. 2025
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Abby Stern, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
Her super-powered private detective first appeared on Netflix's Jessica Jones — the streamer's second Marvel series after the original Daredevil — in 2015.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Oct. 2025
The movie follows the last human private detective in a futuristic world inhabited by humans and aliens.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2025
That’s what the private detective with the cheap shoes and designer spectacles, who calls herself Betty but is really named Cynthia Blithe (that would be Swinton), serves to remind.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 31 Aug. 2025
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 24 Oct. 2025.
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