detective

Example Sentences

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In that same barrio, Flores raised three children with her first husband, Walter Gavidia, a police detective.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

Grandfather, who puffs on Gauloises cigarettes, resembles Baroness Orczy’s Old Man in the Corner, an armchair detective who solves crimes from the confines of a London tea shop.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

The lead detective in the original 1999 investigation, retired Det Supt Roy Lambert, refused to answer the BBC's questions about his handling of the initial case, but said he was "very pleased" with Wright's conviction.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

A detective testified the teenager showed him a passport that said he was born in Rio de Janeiro, but he acknowledged the document could have been fake.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

She’s a better pretend detective than I am.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller