How to Use special agent in a Sentence

special agent

noun
  • Brissette and the special agent got in a back-and-forth on what states of matter can burn.
    — Emerson Clarridge updated March 10, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Fallon then asked if Rowe was the special agent in charge of the detail that day.
    — Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
  • When all measures fail and one hostage is killed, he is forced to team up with a special agent to rescue the survivors.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 Feb. 2023
  • And then also, an NCIS special agent.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2026
  • The special agent expressed his support for the victim’s family.
    — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Dominguez is another special agent and also formerly served in the Marines.
    — Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Officers blocked off a small area after the FBI said a special agent had shot another dog.
    — CBS News, 21 Feb. 2023
  • He was assigned to Baltimore in 1952 as a marine special agent.
    — Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2023
  • The acting deputy director would be Brian Driscoll, the special agent in charge of the Newark field office.
    — New York Times, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Bana stars as Kyle Turner, the special agent investigating the death of a woman in the park.
    — Ralphie Aversa, USA Today, 21 July 2025
  • Lee began his career in 1995 as a special agent in Detroit, Michigan.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
  • In one photo, the girl is seen naked in a bathtub with an adult male wearing shorts, whom the special agent believes is Silva, according to the statement.
    — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Under the program, each field office is being encouraged to nominate one male and one female special agent to compete in a two-day challenge.
    — Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 22 May 2026
  • Notably, Barnett will play an FBI special agent named Toby Shaw.
    — Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Beckstrom, her ex-boyfriend told NBC News, aspired to be an FBI special agent.
    — Gary Grumbach, NBC news, 2 Dec. 2025
  • Nicole Parker, a former FBI special agent who spent more than 12 years with the bureau, has a few ideas on where to start.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Because of failures of radios on site in Butler, the special agent in charge gave away his radio to a lead advance agent and went without one for the rest of the day, the report said.
    — Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2024
  • For more than 100 years, the second-in-command has been a veteran special agent from within the bureau, someone well versed in its inner workings.
    — Devlin Barrett, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
  • That call was later translated by a DEA special agent and a native Guyanese speaker and used as evidence in court.
    — Christina Coulter, Fox News, 2 Sep. 2024
  • Curran joined the Secret Service in 2001 as a special agent in the agency’s Newark field office.
    — Brett Samuels, The Hill, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Maltinsky was three weeks short of completing the training program to be a special agent, which was a lifelong goal of his, when he was dismissed, according to AP.
    — Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 20 Nov. 2025
  • Five of the hostages had been tied up, said Sid Patel, special agent in charge of the FBI Sacramento field office.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC news, 3 June 2026
  • Janke, the special agent in charge of the FBI’s Phoenix division, continued to call on the public to share any tips or possible leads.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Ted Docks, the special agent in charge of the FBI in Boston, said the suspects’ actions could have led to serious injuries.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 4 Nov. 2025
  • After taking two breaks for the judge to review documents and the defense team to depose the ICE special agent who has the information.
    — Nikiya Carrero, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
  • The same note was sent to several media outlets, according to Heith Janke, the FBI special agent in charge.
    — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Due to failures of radios on site in Butler, the special agent in charge gave away his radio to a lead advance agent and went without one for the rest of the day, according to the Senate report.
    — Nikole Killion, CBS News, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Kelly, then a SLED senior special agent, was the lead investigator on that incident.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 23 June 2026
  • That person, according to the report, joined the DEA in 2019 and is currently employed as a special agent.
    — Keegan Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The Bundys’ statement said Finicum did not ram a law enforcement vehicle, pin a special agent or attempt to shoot Oregon State Police.
    — Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 7 Sep. 2025

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