whodunit
Example Sentences
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Harbour, Bateman and Cardellini spoke about how the series turns commonplace true crime themes of sex, love and murder into a smart, funny and empathetic whodunit.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026
“Memory of a Killer” may turn out to be a whodunit in which the guy who’s done it doesn’t know he did it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
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
“Ludwig” is already a hit in the U.K., land of the upbeat whodunit, and its second season pickup can’t have been a surprise.
From Salon • Mar. 26, 2025
In these examples, look at the phrase containing the mg word and look at whodunit.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.