How to Use detector in a Sentence

detector

noun

• No one set off my evil detector.
  — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 6 May 2026
• This light gets picked up by detectors.
  — Simon Frantz, Quanta Magazine, 24 June 2026
• In math, Shor took home first place for a fake news detector.
  — James T. Norman, chicagotribune.com, 28 Jan. 2022
• Think of it less like a smoke detector and more like a living radar.
  — Daniel Fusch, Ascend Agency, 28 Oct. 2025
• Wilson claimed the gun and drugs weren’t his, and passed a lie-detector test, his lawyers said.
  — Washington Post, 16 July 2021
• And then the other issue is what are called hot box detectors.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2023
• The detector can be controlled with an app and has an adjustable alarm.
  — Nora Colomer, Fox News, 26 Mar. 2024
• There were no bullet holes and a scan of the cow by a metal detector turned up none.
  — Garrett Andrews, oregonlive, 18 Apr. 2021
• Each of the first two detector modules will be massive.
  — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 8 May 2026
• And the amygdala — the threat detector toward the base of our brains — fires.
  — Rachel Carlson, NPR, 20 Nov. 2024
• But only some of these gamma rays escape the sun and make it to our detectors.
  — Katie McCormick, Quanta Magazine, 27 Feb. 2023
• The room did not have a carbon monoxide detector.
  — Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2026
• My bat detector opened up a whole new dimension to the creatures of the night.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2021
• Gases in the cave had to be monitored by detectors to make sure the air was safe to breathe.
  — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 18 Feb. 2025
• The children are too young to be spooked by a metal detector and armed guards at the entrance.
  — Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2019
• The guard turned off the alarm only to later spot one of the thieves through the motion detector.
  — NBC News, 29 June 2021
• At first these detectors were small, covering a tiny portion of the sky.
  — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 7 June 2024
• The light in the carport ceiling clicked on, from the motion detector.
  — Caleb Crain, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2024
• But seven out of 10 isn’t the sort of clean sweep that sets off our data detectors.
  — Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023
• Metal detectors will be used to screen fans and a search of all items will take place at access control points.
  — Ed Masley, azcentral, 20 Aug. 2019
• This lets the detectors quickly determine if a metal item is a cell phone or a gun.
  — Oscar Gonzalez / Gizmodo, Quartz, 29 Mar. 2024
• This has set the course of our childhood — with school shootings, bag checks, and metal detectors.
  — Natalie Gontcharova, refinery29.com, 30 Jan. 2020
• Now add a detector to measure which of the two slits the particle passes through.
  — Thomas Lewton, Quanta Magazine, 7 Mar. 2023
• This detector position would have to change as the moon moves and the angle of the mirror changes.
  — Rhett Allain, Wired, 12 Sep. 2021
• The spice-detector's mobile app allows the user to view the results of a test on their phone.
  — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Nov. 2020
• That means lighting, locks, motion detectors, cameras and, yes, even a dog.
  — Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026
• Install both gas and carbon monoxide detectors to warn you of leaks and emissions from your gas stove.
  — Lauren Bengtson, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Oct. 2025
• These detectors can’t tell the difference between smoke and dust.
  — Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2026
• To create their virus detector, the researchers cut and shaped the gold leaf into electrodes.
  — Eva Amsen, Forbes, 7 June 2021
• The residue on my fingers might set off bomb detectors at security.
  — Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026