Sherlock Holmes
Example Sentences
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He visited the Sherlock Holmes Museum in London ahead of shooting.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026
It's a missing painting story worthy of Sherlock Holmes.
From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026
That aspect of copyright law engendered a lengthy dispute waged by the estate of Arthur Conan Doyle against creative artists wishing to put Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson into new works.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2025
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
Everybody grabbed a copy of the Sherlock Holmes book.
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
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