Sentence examples for distinguished detective from inspiring English sources
Here was a Navy reserve lieutenant who had spent the last 25 years as a distinguished detective on the mean streets of Chicago, closing case after case – often due to his knack for getting confessions.
As a city police officer, his professed dream career, he would rise to detective, distinguishing himself on dangerous undercover drug investigations during seven years on the job.
It's an honour and a thrill for us to be able to contribute to the series distinguished line of murder victims and police detectives".
The two men, Thomas Rachko and Julio C. Vasquez, both detectives with long and, at least on paper, distinguished careers, are accused of robbing a drug courier of $169,000 on Nov. 26.
Distinguished Authorities!
Back in the golden age of British detective fiction, the New Zealand author and theater producer Ngaio Marsh set the bar for backstage mysteries with "Enter a Murderer" (1935), distinguished by its realistic theatrical settings and strong dramatic themes.
To them, Detective Vasquez is a smart veteran of the street, an officer with no record of brutality on the job and one who has distinguished himself during his career for his ability to avoid trouble and defuse dangerous encounters.
Little distinguished his family.
For distinguished pork palette.
For years, detectives trying to distinguish gun-carrying New Yorkers from others have had to rely on observations, street smarts and luck.
