private detective
Example Sentences
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Enter Dell Chandler, a failed English professor turned bootstrapping private detective, hired by Dr. Cutty to investigate.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
It is the first of five novels starring Neal Carey: “a graduate student who, much like me,” the author wrote, “was too busy making a living as a private detective to finish his degree.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
She said a private detective hired by the family found no criminal records for a person named Paramjit Singh in the state, suggesting authorities may have mistaken him for someone else.
From BBC • Oct. 13, 2025
He even hired a private detective, though he was disappointed with the man’s effort.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2024
She would have to hire a detective, a very private detective, who had not been associated with her in her practice or in the courts.
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
