Examples of gumshoe in a Sentence
Noun
the couple paid a gumshoe to look for their missing son
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John Wiswell, People.com, 3 July 2025
If the two movies got your gumshoe goin', then check out the book series the films are based on.
—Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Welcome back, Charlie Cale. Natasha Lyonne is back as TV’s favorite gumshoe detective in the first teaser for Poker Face season two, and the footage teases the roster of high-wattage guest stars who have been brought in to play in Charlie’s murder mystery sandbox when the series returns.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Another Simple Favor, which is now streaming on Amazon Prime, promises another fashionable ride with Stephanie the gumshoe and Emily the seductive femme fatale.
—Sezin Devi Koehler, EW.com, 1 May 2025
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Noun
Io is a world-weary gumshoe who can see all the threads that bind mortals to their fates and uses this unusual perception to solve mysteries and crimes.
—John Wiswell, People.com, 3 July 2025
If the two movies got your gumshoe goin', then check out the book series the films are based on.
—Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Welcome back, Charlie Cale. Natasha Lyonne is back as TV’s favorite gumshoe detective in the first teaser for Poker Face season two, and the footage teases the roster of high-wattage guest stars who have been brought in to play in Charlie’s murder mystery sandbox when the series returns.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Another Simple Favor, which is now streaming on Amazon Prime, promises another fashionable ride with Stephanie the gumshoe and Emily the seductive femme fatale.
—Sezin Devi Koehler, EW.com, 1 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for gumshoe
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“Gumshoe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gumshoe. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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