How to Use whodunit in a Sentence

whodunit

noun
  • Lady in the Lake takes the shape of a neo-noir whodunit.
    Judy Berman, TIME, 31 July 2024
  • We'll all be headed to the movies to find out whodunit.
    Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 19 July 2022
  • It’s so easy to shut off and get sucked into the why and whodunit of it all.
    Kathryn Shattuck, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2021
  • Here, the focus goes from a morbid game of chance to a smart whodunit.
    Rick Bentley, kansascity, 12 Oct. 2017
  • The second half of the movie is less a whodunit than a can-he-find-the-evidence-to-nail-him.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 6 Sep. 2021
  • Still, the rest of the story is as or maybe more important than the whodunit.
    Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Since that’s not in the equation, the focus goes from a morbid game of chance to a smart whodunit.
    Rick Bentley, Detroit Free Press, 12 Oct. 2017
  • And to the point where this completely eclipsed the whodunit aspect.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 11 Apr. 2024
  • There's no question whodunit here: The killer is already in prison when the book begins.
    Ew Staff, EW.com, 14 Jan. 2022
  • Everybody loves a good whodunit, but in the case of the Book of Mormon, the mystery is more like a howhedunit.
    Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Sep. 2020
  • Below, find comedic takes on the genre or true whodunit classics.
    Annie Goldsmith, Town & Country, 30 June 2022
  • Finally, for a whodunit slasher the pace is all over the place, and with it the excitement.
    Jeff Ewing, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022
  • Glass Onion, the sequel to the hit whodunit, includes a scene that suggests that Blanc is living with a man.
    Vulture, 16 Oct. 2022
  • Everyone loves a good whodunit, and Murder Mystery on the Train takes the puzzle to the tracks.
    Catherine Garcia, The Week, 14 Nov. 2022
  • The season then takes the form of a whodunit, as Joe seeks out the tormentor who’s setting him up by killing others in the group.
    Kate Aurthur, Variety, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Precious little attention gets paid to the ins and outs of the whodunit itself.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Death on the Nile, a whodunit set on an Egyptian paddle steamer.
    Alia Akkam, Robb Report, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Needless to say, the series, which has turned into a whodunit, is about to get even more intense.
    Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 15 Sep. 2021
  • Clue One of the most famous whodunits of all time is the board game Clue, and in 1985, the popular game got its own movie adaptation.
    Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 11 Aug. 2024
  • This was no true-crime whodunit—and listeners just weren’t as into it.
    Kenzie Bryant, Vanities, 26 Jan. 2017
  • It’s an amusing whodunit that also has something to say about the red-state-blue-state divide.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2022
  • As the crowd dispersed, an old Hollywood genre was revived: the whodunit.
    Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2017
  • Andrew is obsessed with true crime shows or any whodunits.
    Kaya Laterman, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2023
  • In short, these Bears are a mystery, but not a whodunit as much as a who'll do it, as in who'll throw the ball, who'll run the ball, who'll block, who'll tackle and who'll kick and who'll catch.
    Bernie Lincicome, chicagotribune.com, 8 Sep. 2017
  • And, this season, for those who glaze over upon hearing a glossary of finance terms, there’s the whodunit.
    Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 7 Aug. 2024
  • But the delight becomes something of a chore as the antics stretch on to the point that the mystery of the whodunit becomes a tiresome afterthought.
    Charles McNulty, latimes.com, 12 July 2019
  • Jason Bateman is about to put his spin on the ultimate whodunit.
    Ale Russian, PEOPLE.com, 26 Sep. 2019
  • And that brings us to our first puzzle, which involves a linguistic whodunit.
    Quanta Magazine, 17 Apr. 2019
  • Since the third Knives Out movie was announced, the internet has been abuzz about which actors would get cast in the whodunit series—and whom the stars would be playing.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 10 Oct. 2024
  • What Looks Strong: When they’re done right, moviegoers enjoy a good whodunit.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 22 July 2021

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