Sherlock Holmes
Example Sentences
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“Smog” is a turn-of-the-century portmanteau word mashing together “smoke” and “fog” to describe the sooty, sulfurous air of the London of Sherlock Holmes and Jack the Ripper.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
“If you’re a fan of the Sherlock Holmes canon, you’ll notice them.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026
When faced with a particularly puzzling case and not much evidence to go on, Sherlock Holmes once said, “It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.”
From Barron's • Nov. 13, 2025
“It is like circumstantial evidence in a Sherlock Holmes mystery,” said Slok.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025
“I knew it,” she says finally, like she confirmed the answer to some great Sherlock Holmes mystery.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
