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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McKinnon will play Joe Dahl, a private detective investigating a decade-old murder.
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Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 4 June 2025
Directed by Jonathan Li and Choy Man-yu, the film stars Louis Koo as a private detective investigating a complex case involving adultery and murder.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 2 June 2025
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.
—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
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Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 4 June 2025
Directed by Jonathan Li and Choy Man-yu, the film stars Louis Koo as a private detective investigating a complex case involving adultery and murder.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 2 June 2025
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.
—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
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“Private detective.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/private%20detective. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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