shamus

Example Sentences

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It doesn’t take much to lure the old shamus out of a seclusion, which he isn’t much enjoying anyhow.

From Los Angeles Times

With a cheap business card and an equally cheap jacket and tie, he smilingly ambles it into the shamus role, knocking on doors and sniffing out leads among all the yammer and serviceable visuals.

From New York Times

For the audience, he is equally shamus and shaman, chasing down clues and trying to exorcise demons that plague the body politic.

From New York Times

K does his grim job thoroughly and without complaint, showing the weary, cynical patience of an old-time shamus.

From New York Times

It’s all here: a shamus sniffing around a mysterious murder, a blond beauty harboring hidden secrets, a perverse scoundrel who comes to a well-deserved bad end.

From Seattle Times