Sentence examples for detected a certain from inspiring English sources

One critic (me) had detected a certain opulent vacuity in his work around that time.

Earlier, Susanne's husband had detected a certain ticking in her, a bomb.

He wrote a play once; the children howled with laughter, but the adults detected a certain lack of gravitas.

Way back in John Major's Britain, some detected a certain degree of datedness to proceedings.

If you've been into any high-end British restaurant this week, you may have detected a certain tension in the air.

An eagle-eyed people watcher, she has detected a certain similarity between the curving backs of Baura and Ethan Stiefel, a dashing Ballet Theater star portrayed on a nearby poster.

In wireless sensor networks used for detection applications, sensors communicate to detect a certain phenomenon.

But I do detect a certain complacency setting in.

I detect a certain amount of tiredness amongst some of these fighters.

One might detect a certain irony in Sackler's social activism.

The bastard....and, detecting a certain level of irony in his words, I agree with him.