'detective' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'detective' with 16 example sentences.
- detective noun
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: a police officer who investigates crimes
: an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public
He is absorbed in reading detective novels.
Private detectives were hired to look into the strange case.
Two detectives followed the suspect.
The detectives walked through charred ruins of the factory.
Why don't you hire a private detective?
You'd make a good private detective.
The detectives found no other evidence.
The detective found absolute proof of the man's guilt.
The detective questioned literally thousands of people about the incident.
Dan was a homicide detective.
The man aimed a gun at the detectives.
The detective disguised himself as an old gentleman.
Lisa Gardner writes crime novels about the detective D. D. Warren.
One of the detectives seized him by the neck.
The detective shadowed the suspect for four blocks.
He should be a psychic detective.