Example sentences for: gumshoe

How can you use “gumshoe” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • It's the ex-paramour, not the husband, who hires a detective agency to dog the mysteriously wayward Sarah, and--in one of those ironies that feels delightfully postmodern--it's Maurice himself who ends up being trailed by a Cockney gumshoe, Parkis (an amusingly earnest Ian Hart), when Sarah reinitiates contact.

  • Here's an example of why: In Twilight , aging gumshoe Paul Newman regards glamorous movie queen Susan Sarandon with anguished eyes, his longing for her at war with his loyalty to her cancer-ridden husband (Gene Hackman).

  • A story profiles Terry Lenzner, White House gumshoe.


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