Detectives is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Detectives meaning
plural of detective
Using Detectives
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of detective
- In the example corpus, detectives often appears in combinations such as: detectives are, detectives from, detectives have.
Context around Detectives
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 12 start, 6 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Detectives
- In this selection, "detectives" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, investigation, scene, though, attempted, interviewed and led stand out and add context to how "detectives" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include detectives from the, additionally detectives are gathering and detectives investigating. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "detectives" sits close to words such as compromise, notion and theaters, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with detectives
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Additionally, Madalyn Horcher played Crystal Palace, the detectives' medium companion. (10 words)
According to police sources, detectives were searching Dowling's home when he showed up. (14 words)
According to CPD, detectives tracked the suspect to Raleigh who ran from RPD officers back to Cary. (17 words)
Detectives interviewed him Oct. 2, during which time he said he had been with Kuhnhausen on June 5. He said he was aware detectives had contacted his brothers but claimed he didn’t know how to reach them, the affidavit says. (41 words)
According to an Odessa Police Department report, detectives in the department’s intelligence division heard Clinton Tyrel Williams might be selling M30 pills and had a confidential informant set up a meeting to buy 10 such pills from him. (39 words)
Lofficier Lofficier 2002, pp. 52–53 Following Red Rackham's Treasure, Hergé drew illustrations for a serialised story titled Dupont et Dupond, détectives ("Thomson and Thompson, Detectives"), authored by the newspaper's crime editor, Paul Kinnet. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Detectives from the State Crime Command's Homicide Squad, with assistance from detectives from the South Coast Police District, established Strike Force Lodder to investigate the circumstances surrounding Mr Kerr's death.
Detectives from the Lafayette Police Criminal Investigations Division, along with Crime Scene detectives, are currently investigating the incident.
Detectives attempted to contact Hawthorne at his home, but there was no answer even though detectives could hear someone in the house.
Detectives interviewed him Oct. 2, during which time he said he had been with Kuhnhausen on June 5. He said he was aware detectives had contacted his brothers but claimed he didn’t know how to reach them, the affidavit says.
Joseph Reznick, the Police Department’s deputy commissioner of internal affairs, who as a commander of detectives led the investigation for many years, recalls on the podcast why detectives pursued the case for so long.
Detectives with the Lynnwood Police Department are working with Sheriff’s Office detectives in the investigation, Ireton said.
Famous fictional detectives main Detective debuts and swansongs Many detectives appear in more than one novel or story.
Lofficier Lofficier 2002, pp. 52–53 Following Red Rackham's Treasure, Hergé drew illustrations for a serialised story titled Dupont et Dupond, détectives ("Thomson and Thompson, Detectives"), authored by the newspaper's crime editor, Paul Kinnet.
A 23-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder continues to be held by detectives investigating the incident in College Close in the Burngreave area of Sheffield on Wednesday afternoon, South Yorkshire Police said.
According to an Odessa Police Department report, detectives in the department’s intelligence division heard Clinton Tyrel Williams might be selling M30 pills and had a confidential informant set up a meeting to buy 10 such pills from him.
According to CPD, detectives tracked the suspect to Raleigh who ran from RPD officers back to Cary.
According to police sources, detectives were searching Dowling's home when he showed up.
According to task force detectives, they also had information the suspect was still in illegal possession of a firearm.
According to the affidavit of probable cause, detectives believe the homicides occurred between 4 a.m. and 4:25 am.
Additionally, detectives are gathering surveillance video in the location of the incident as the investigation is ongoing.
Additionally, Madalyn Horcher played Crystal Palace, the detectives' medium companion.
After a lengthy investigation, detectives from the Norwalk Police Department’s Special Victims Unit were able to secure an arrest warrant for Martinez.
After a thorough investigation detectives found that a seventeen-year-old juvenile was believed responsible for the shooting that killed the victim.
After Ms Letby was moved from her frontline role with the accusations hanging over her in 2016, she told detectives: "I wished sometimes that I was dead and someone would kill me".
After receiving a report that an 11-year-old female had been molested by her stepfather, SLO County Sheriff’s detectives began an investigation into the allegations.
Phrases with detectives
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with detectives
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: