How to Use whodunit in a Sentence

whodunit

noun

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Andrew is obsessed with true crime shows or any whodunits.
  — Kaya Laterman, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2023
• Jason Bateman is about to put his spin on the ultimate whodunit.
  — Ale Russian, PEOPLE.com, 26 Sep. 2019
• What Looks Strong: When they’re done right, moviegoers enjoy a good whodunit.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 22 July 2021
• Advertisement The drama is less a whodunit than a whoizzit.
  — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 1 June 2023
• 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
• The whodunit, based on the best-selling novel by Margaret Atwood, comes to a very creepy conclusion.
  — Janaya Wecker, Men's Health, 21 Sep. 2022
• In the end, its pleasures are rather cerebral, less a whodunit than a story about telling stories — and the omissions in hopeful service of a greater truth.
  — Washington Post, 5 May 2022
• But this isn't a cookie-cutter whodunit: Nancy Drew rivals Riverdale in terms of steam and intrigue.
  — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 6 Oct. 2019
• Far from a true crime Hollywood whodunit, the big bombshells in this film are emotional.
  — Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2020
• The whodunit isn’t actually much of a mystery at all — there’s very little dispute about who did what and why.
  — Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 June 2022
• Everyone is a suspect at this mystery party, so join in the fun to figure out whodunit.
  — Alison Stanton, The Arizona Republic, 13 Sep. 2020
• So the initial idea was as simple and abstract as putting a Hitchcock thriller in the middle of a whodunit, but still turning it back into a whodunit at the end.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 3 Dec. 2019
• Several celebrities make cameos in the whodunit, many as themselves.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 13 Mar. 2023
• What interests me is a clean slate every time, and to surprise audiences with a new whodunit.
  — Kyle Buchanan, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2022
• The case isn't a whodunit legally speaking, and a clearer deal is expected to be provided by both sides within the next month.
  — Phillip M. Bailey, USA TODAY, 29 July 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024