[
UK
/slˈuːθ/
]
[ US /ˈsɫuθ/ ]
[ US /ˈsɫuθ/ ]
NOUN
- a detective who follows a trail
VERB
- watch, observe, or inquire secretly
How To Use sleuth In A Sentence
- An amateur psychologist as well as a sleuth, O'Neill will not be so easily taken in.
- In a bowler hat and smoking jacket to portray the world - famous sleuth, Downey (see photo) is reminiscent of another British icon - Charlie Chaplin.
- No longer is it the lonely haunted place with alleys and dark doorways ready to hide the criminal and the sleuth.
- This thriller of thrillers is a study of human conflict, jealousy and manipulation, which promises to baffle the most proficient sleuth.
- Anyone of you amazing sleuths care to try this one?
- To his mind, a semiotician is essentially a sleuth on a mission to divine the truth. Times, Sunday Times
- It's the tale of two contemporary literary academics sleuthing their way into a long lost love affair, and is utterly laden with coincidence.
- Carpenter has tapped one of his officers who previously expressed an interest in computer sleuthing to specialize in cyber crimes.
- The Colonel is a self-fashioned sleuth who seems to belong to a bygone era.
- They said they would stay for a little while at the quilting, then go on their sleuthing trip. THE WITCH TREE SYMBOL