whodunit
Example Sentences
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“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
Secret Service is among the agencies deployed to investigate the escalator whodunit.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2025
It’s a classic whodunit story with Harper — who has plenty of secrets of her own — playing the role of the reluctant detective.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2025
Throw the audience off with a whole lot of silliness and nonsense, and there’s a good chance they’ll forget that a whodunit like this should be building intrigue as it goes.
From Salon • May 3, 2025
It was a big whodunit mystery for a whole week.
From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
