Sentence examples for were detecting from inspiring English sources
verb
To discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing
Just before last Monday's debate, most pollsters were detecting a 10-15 pointntage point Romney lead.
It would appear that the enthusiasm that both the pollsters and Lib Dem canvassers were detecting was only skin deep.
Within hours of his departure from Seoul, American satellites were detecting the first plumes from the reactor, which sends off a distinctive heat signature once it is activated.
Internal polls in all campaigns were detecting a last-minute exodus of voters from Naftali Bennett's hard-right Jewish Home party to Likud.
The new industry minister, Christopher Pyne, whose South Australian seat had been under threat over the issue, said he was pleased the bidders were detecting the government's preference to maximise the construction done in Australia.
At about the same time, Dr. Kovacs said, his team learned that doctors in Washington, San Francisco and elsewhere were detecting the bone disorder in a small but increasing number of people with H.I.V.
Additional cases were detected.
No side effects were detected.
Toxins were detected in his blood stream.
No structural deficiencies were detected, he said.
