DETECTION in a Sentence
Learn DETECTION from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
200 example sentences for DETECTION, such as:
1. I detected a smell of gas.
2. Early detection of the disease is vital.
3. She detected the odor of gas in the room.
4. Many forms of cancer can be cured if detected early.
5. Yet detection, after all, would be no such dreadful thing.
2. Early detection of the disease is vital.
3. She detected the odor of gas in the room.
4. Many forms of cancer can be cured if detected early.
5. Yet detection, after all, would be no such dreadful thing.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of DETECTION
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detection
n. a police investigation to determine the perpetrator
n. the act of detecting something; catching sight of something
Classic Sentence: (134 in 9 pages)
1 No man lives or has ever lived who has brought the same amount of study and of natural talent to the detection of crime which I have done.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
Context Highlight In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
2 It was over, and she had escaped without reproaches and without detection.
3 In his fear of being seen the boy rendered detection certain by nervous motion.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: 8 Those Who Are Found Where There Is Said to Be Nobody
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: 8 Those Who Are Found Where There Is Said to Be Nobody
4 Yet detection, after all, would be no such dreadful thing.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: 4 Eustacia Is Led on to an Adventure
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: 4 Eustacia Is Led on to an Adventure
5 I tell you, my friend, that if a detailed account of that silent contest could be written, it would take its place as the most brilliant bit of thrust-and-parry work in the history of detection.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In XII. The Adventure of The Final Problem
Context Highlight In XII. The Adventure of The Final Problem
6 At present I am, as you know, fairly busy, but I propose to devote my declining years to the composition of a textbook, which shall focus the whole art of detection into one volume.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ABBEY GRANGE
Context Highlight In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ABBEY GRANGE
7 All the blame of this should have fallen upon Jo, for her naughty imitation had been too lifelike to escape detection, and the frolicsome Lambs had permitted the joke to escape.
8 She looked up, while I still gazed at her: no start, no increase or failure of colour betrayed emotion, consciousness of guilt, or fear of detection.
9 Ignorant as you previously were of everything concerning either, detection could not be in your power, and suspicion certainly not in your inclination.
10 He dared not come to Bartlett's Buildings for fear of detection, and though their mutual impatience to meet, was not to be told, they could do nothing at present but write.
11 Letters may, of course, be a partial confirmation; but detection in the fact there must be of the most direct kind, that is, by eyewitnesses.
12 He was conscious of failure and of detection, of the squalor of his own mind and home, and felt against his neck the raw edge of his turned and jagged collar.
13 In a trice the tchinovniks concerned appraised his spirit and character; with the result that the entire sphere over which he ruled became an agency for the detection of irregularities.
14 I should not have been averse to do so, but that I imagined I detected trouble, and calculation relative to the extent of the cold meat, in Mrs. Micawber's eye.
15 "No, my dear, for me there are no balls now where one enjoys oneself," said Anna, and Kitty detected in her eyes that mysterious world which was not open to her.
Example Sentence: (66 in 5 pages)
1 They are cheating but are sophisticated enough to avoid detection.
2 Our aim is the early detection and treatment of all cancers.
3 Early detection of the disease is vital.
4 I'm glad he caught it in time, I've had family members affected by this disease and early detection is important.
5 Australian naval vessel Ocean Shield would be heading to the latest search area once it had investigated a third acoustic detection elsewhere.
6 Many forms of cancer can be cured if detected early.
7 To explain this, they hypothesise that galaxies must contain a great deal of missing matter which cannot be detected.
8 It takes two to three weeks to grow the culture from which the presence of handicap can be detected.
9 These data show that most cancers are detected as a result of clinical follow - up.
10 A lot of cancers can now be cured if they are detected early.
11 Many serious illnesses can be nipped in the bud if they are detected early enough.
12 Gas was detected in sufficient quantity to warrant careful monitoring.
13 She detected the odor of gas in the room.
14 I detected a smell of gas.
15 As she walked into the house she detected the smell of gas.