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
Listen to this article Over the last quarter century, David Suchet became the definitive Hercule Poirot, starring as the fussy but perceptive private detective in 70 screen adaptations of Agatha Christie’s murder mysteries.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
That version had Zendaya’s Rue grow up to be a private detective.
—Zoe Guy, Vulture, 10 Feb. 2025
In addition to hacking phones, the tabloids hired private detectives and encouraged journalists to lie and misrepresent themselves to gain access to highly personal data.
—Mark Landler, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
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ArsTechnica, 8 Apr. 2025
Listen to this article Over the last quarter century, David Suchet became the definitive Hercule Poirot, starring as the fussy but perceptive private detective in 70 screen adaptations of Agatha Christie’s murder mysteries.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
That version had Zendaya’s Rue grow up to be a private detective.
—Zoe Guy, Vulture, 10 Feb. 2025
In addition to hacking phones, the tabloids hired private detectives and encouraged journalists to lie and misrepresent themselves to gain access to highly personal data.
—Mark Landler, New York Times, 18 Jan. 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 22 Apr. 2025.
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