whodunit
Example Sentences
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Thomas knew early on that the show, which portrays solved crimes in a whodunit format, should feel like storytelling around a campfire, according to senior producer Vince Sherry.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 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
This year, she’s vying for lead actress in a comedy for her performance as an eccentric gumshoe on the Netflix whodunit “The Residence.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 13, 2025
I loved the Southern Gothic vibe in this legal whodunit set in a small community outside Charleston, S.C.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
