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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Its harm is felt when a reporter accosts a convalescing patient in the hospital, when a private detective peers through a neighbor's bedroom window for weeks, and when a photographer snaps an opportunistic photo of a woman's underwear.
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ArsTechnica, 8 Apr. 2025
So far, Florence has not come forward with any further information other than a 2008 statement sent by his attorney, Neil Rosenberg, to private detective Don Corbett.
—Alex Gurley, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025
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.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
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ArsTechnica, 8 Apr. 2025
So far, Florence has not come forward with any further information other than a 2008 statement sent by his attorney, Neil Rosenberg, to private detective Don Corbett.
—Alex Gurley, People.com, 1 Apr. 2025
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.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
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 5 Jun. 2025.
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