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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Winbush plays a former FBI agent and old friend of Ted's who now works as a private detective, according to Variety.
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Randall Colburn, EW.com, 25 Feb. 2025
In the stylish crime-drama Farrell plays John Sugar, a private detective who is hired to investigate the disappearance of a big-time Hollywood producer’s granddaughter while battling some personal demons of his own.
—Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 23 Dec. 2024
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
Jacobson played the scheming private detective Erin Jones in 22 episodes of Falcon Crest from 1985-87, the CBS primetime soap about a wealthy California wine family.
—Zoe G. Phillips, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Dec. 2024
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Randall Colburn, EW.com, 25 Feb. 2025
In the stylish crime-drama Farrell plays John Sugar, a private detective who is hired to investigate the disappearance of a big-time Hollywood producer’s granddaughter while battling some personal demons of his own.
—Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 23 Dec. 2024
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
Jacobson played the scheming private detective Erin Jones in 22 episodes of Falcon Crest from 1985-87, the CBS primetime soap about a wealthy California wine family.
—Zoe G. Phillips, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Dec. 2024
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“Private detective.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/private%20detective. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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