whodunit

Example Sentences

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A whodunit is a bit like a basketball game: The last few minutes are all that really matter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

Secret Service is among the agencies deployed to investigate the escalator whodunit.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2025

While intended to capture the sun-soaked sleaze of a B-movie noir, “Honey Don’t!” is a perplexingly plotted whodunit that delivers the “who” but none of the “why.”

From Salon • Aug. 23, 2025

"Most of this year's festive adverts have fun at their heart - gnomes taking over Asda, a mystery whodunit at Waitrose, the welcome return of Kevin the Carrot at Aldi," said retail expert Catherine Shuttleworth.

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2024

But whenever you’re reading a whodunit, or watching Law and Order reruns on a Sunday night, you find yourself sorting through candidates to be the criminal on the grounds that they are “too obvious.”

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith