gumshoe

Example Sentences

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But if the musical ever gets a rewrite, I’d suggest bringing the gumshoe on as soon as possible.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2023

Melling’s scenery-chewing portrayal of the budding writer — and, here, amateur gumshoe — is one of the film’s chief delights.

From Washington Post • Jan. 3, 2023

The panel does intend on continuing its gumshoe work as long as possible, and is not planning to release its final report until December.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 21, 2022

In many ways, Mickey is a throwback to a classic gumshoe, though he's in front of the jury box.

From Salon • May 21, 2022

In literature and in the popular imagination, the all-seeing private eye—the gumshoe, the cinder dick, the sleuthhound, the shadow—displaced the crusading sheriff as the archetype of rough justice.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann