[
US
/ˈsɫuθɪŋ/
]
[ UK /slˈuːθɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /slˈuːθɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
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a police investigation to determine the perpetrator
detection is hard on the feet
How To Use sleuthing In A Sentence
- 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.
- They said they would stay for a little while at the quilting, then go on their sleuthing trip. THE WITCH TREE SYMBOL
- Carson, her father, had once been a district attorney and this blonde American teenager had a natural ability for sleuthing.
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- But my mother and I, an unbeatable cross-country sleuthing duo, put a stop to the madness in less than two hours.
- Les Vasey used to be a top Bradford policeman, sleuthing out villains, but since his retirement ten years ago his target has been the rise in sexually transmitted diseases.
- Detecting successive generations of designer steroids will require a different type of sleuthing.
- Where would that leave old-fashioned sleuthing?
- So far, the weather's been lousy, so my amateur sleuthing has been a nearly full-time activity.