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sleuth

[ UK /slˈuːθ/ ]
[ US /ˈsɫuθ/ ]
NOUN
  1. a detective who follows a trail
VERB
  1. 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
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