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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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.com, 18 May 2025
Both Lennox and Sarah Lind, as Alex’s wife, Sam, are serious and convincing, and the musician David Yow, as an oddball private detective following in Alex’s wake, gives the movie some idiosyncratic flair.
—Calum Marsh, New York Times, 1 May 2025
That’s after Emily went to jail at the end of A Simple Favor, and Stephanie, moonlighting as a private detective, helped put her there.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 14 Apr. 2025
Comedian and impressionist Jon Culshaw joins the company as King Julian’s private detective.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 17 Mar. 2025
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Victoria Edel, People.com, 18 May 2025
Both Lennox and Sarah Lind, as Alex’s wife, Sam, are serious and convincing, and the musician David Yow, as an oddball private detective following in Alex’s wake, gives the movie some idiosyncratic flair.
—Calum Marsh, New York Times, 1 May 2025
That’s after Emily went to jail at the end of A Simple Favor, and Stephanie, moonlighting as a private detective, helped put her there.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 14 Apr. 2025
Comedian and impressionist Jon Culshaw joins the company as King Julian’s private detective.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 17 Mar. 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 25 May. 2025.
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