Sentence examples of "detective" in English

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She described him as a detective. Ella lo describió como un detective.
The detective has the crime's evidences. El detective tiene las pruebas del crimen.
He suddenly took a liking to detective stories. De pronto, comenzaron a gustarle las historias de detectives.
The man turned out to be a private detective. El hombre resultó ser un detective privado.
Tom thinks he's being shadowed by a private detective. Tom piensa que está siendo seguido por un detective privado.
The detective I hired called to tell me he has a promising lead. El detective que contraté me llamó para decirme que tiene una pista prometedora.
The detective was accused of planting evidence at the scene of the crime. El detective fue acusado de plantar evidencia en la escena del crimen.
The detective held the wine glass up to the light checking for fingerprints. El detective alzó la copa de vino contra la luz verificando huellas digitales.
One of the detectives seized him by the neck. Uno de los detectives lo agarró por el cuello.
Private detectives were hired to look into the strange case. Se contrataron detectives privados para investigar el caso extraño.
He enjoyed reading detective stories. Él disfrutaba leyendo novelas policiacas.
When I was a boy, I was addicted to reading detective stories. De niño yo era adicto a la lectura de cuentos policiales.
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