How to Use detector in a Sentence

detector

noun
  • No one set off my evil detector.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 6 May 2026
  • This light gets picked up by detectors.
    — Simon Frantz, Quanta Magazine, 24 June 2026
  • In math, Shor took home first place for a fake news detector.
    — James T. Norman, chicagotribune.com, 28 Jan. 2022
  • Think of it less like a smoke detector and more like a living radar.
    — Daniel Fusch, Ascend Agency, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Many things show up under the black lights used in pet urine detectors.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 27 July 2026
  • Wilson claimed the gun and drugs weren’t his, and passed a lie-detector test, his lawyers said.
    — Washington Post, 16 July 2021
  • And then the other issue is what are called hot box detectors.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2023
  • The detector can be controlled with an app and has an adjustable alarm.
    — Nora Colomer, Fox News, 26 Mar. 2024
  • There were no bullet holes and a scan of the cow by a metal detector turned up none.
    — Garrett Andrews, oregonlive, 18 Apr. 2021
  • There are no circumstances in which both detectors will click at the same time.
    — Chris Lee, ArsTechnica, 22 July 2026
  • Keep in mind that a brighter detector isn’t as good as one with a shorter wavelength.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 27 July 2026
  • Each of the first two detector modules will be massive.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 8 May 2026
  • And the amygdala — the threat detector toward the base of our brains — fires.
    — Rachel Carlson, NPR, 20 Nov. 2024
  • But only some of these gamma rays escape the sun and make it to our detectors.
    — Katie McCormick, Quanta Magazine, 27 Feb. 2023
  • The room did not have a carbon monoxide detector.
    — Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2026
  • My bat detector opened up a whole new dimension to the creatures of the night.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2021
  • Gases in the cave had to be monitored by detectors to make sure the air was safe to breathe.
    — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 18 Feb. 2025
  • Cat urine may not be detectable by detectors with longer wavelengths, though dog urine should show up just fine.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 27 July 2026
  • The children are too young to be spooked by a metal detector and armed guards at the entrance.
    — Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2019
  • The guard turned off the alarm only to later spot one of the thieves through the motion detector.
    — NBC News, 29 June 2021
  • At first these detectors were small, covering a tiny portion of the sky.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 7 June 2024
  • These tend to be low-end or midrange detectors rather than anything powerful.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 27 July 2026
  • The light in the carport ceiling clicked on, from the motion detector.
    — Caleb Crain, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2024
  • But seven out of 10 isn’t the sort of clean sweep that sets off our data detectors.
    — Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Metal detectors will be used to screen fans and a search of all items will take place at access control points.
    — Ed Masley, azcentral, 20 Aug. 2019
  • This lets the detectors quickly determine if a metal item is a cell phone or a gun.
    — Oscar Gonzalez / Gizmodo, Quartz, 29 Mar. 2024
  • This has set the course of our childhood — with school shootings, bag checks, and metal detectors.
    — Natalie Gontcharova, refinery29.com, 30 Jan. 2020
  • Now add a detector to measure which of the two slits the particle passes through.
    — Thomas Lewton, Quanta Magazine, 7 Mar. 2023
  • This detector position would have to change as the moon moves and the angle of the mirror changes.
    — Rhett Allain, Wired, 12 Sep. 2021
  • The spice-detector's mobile app allows the user to view the results of a test on their phone.
    — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Nov. 2020

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