How to Use whodunit in a Sentence

whodunit

noun
  • The play is more of a thriller than a whodunit.
    — Amy Reyes may 14, Miami Herald, 14 May 2026
  • Not just a whodunit, but a howdunit.
    — Stephen Humphries, Christian Science Monitor, 11 Dec. 2025
  • The Ugly is so much more than a whodunit.
    — Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Here, the focus goes from a morbid game of chance to a smart whodunit.
    — Rick Bentley, kansascity, 12 Oct. 2017
  • Below, find comedic takes on the genre or true whodunit classics.
    — Annie Goldsmith, Town & Country, 30 June 2022
  • Still, the rest of the story is as or maybe more important than the whodunit.
    — Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2022
  • This was no true-crime whodunit—and listeners just weren’t as into it.
    — Kenzie Bryant, Vanities, 26 Jan. 2017
  • That’s darker and more relatable than a whodunit in many ways.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2024
  • And to the point where this completely eclipsed the whodunit aspect.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 11 Apr. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • These whodunits range from goofy comedies to disturbing thrillers.
    — Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 22 May 2026
  • And that brings us to our first puzzle, which involves a linguistic whodunit.
    — Quanta Magazine, 17 Apr. 2019
  • Drop a comment with your thoughts on the Netflix whodunit below.
    — Andy Swift, TVLine, 2 July 2025
  • When a death happens close to home, the quartet get caught up in a thrilling and humorous whodunit.
    — Becca Longmire, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • 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
  • So far, so Agatha Christie, although that grande dame of whodunits stuck to human crime-solvers.
    — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Finally, for a whodunit slasher the pace is all over the place, and with it the excitement.
    — Jeff Ewing, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022
  • Precious little attention gets paid to the ins and outs of the whodunit itself.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Jason Bateman is about to put his spin on the ultimate whodunit.
    — Ale Russian, PEOPLE.com, 26 Sep. 2019
  • What’s different this time is that with the slasher stuff staged in a restrained way, the movie plays as even more of a whodunit.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 16 July 2025
  • Death on the Nile, a whodunit set on an Egyptian paddle steamer.
    — Alia Akkam, Robb Report, 11 Feb. 2022
  • The trio, plus a new resident who joins their little brigade, must work to uncover whodunit.
    — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The show weaves an earnest and sometimes heart-wrenching story about a father and son into a wacky, quirky whodunit.
    — Katie Campione, Deadline, 26 May 2026
  • 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 Rian Johnson’s latest whodunit doesn’t try to shake things up.
    — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Season 5 ends on a shocking cliffhanger the tees up a new whodunit and location.
    — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 16 June 2026
  • Whereas Mare of Easttown was a whodunit, Task is more of a cops-and-robbers tale.
    — Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Glass Onion, the sequel to the hit whodunit, includes a scene that suggests that Blanc is living with a man.
    — Vulture, 16 Oct. 2022
  • There’s a lot of humor, very funny characters, and there’s a little bit of a mystery and a little bit of a whodunit.
    — Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2020

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