Meaning of Sherlock Holmesque | Babel Free

Definitions

Resembling or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.

Examples

“[…] the interpreter, with Sherlock-Holmesque astuteness, paired this fact with that of the Frenchmen’s presence in the town […]”

“Half the population of the Silver Belt will turn Sherlock Holmesque. There are already fourteen different theories as to how the villains bored the hole in the wall, and there are dozens on the wing.”

“Frantz held the package at arm’s length and grew Sherlock Holmesque. Policeman gets a clue—asks for reasons—same not satisfactory—Frantz in cell in Center Avenue Station—clock on sergeant’s desk as evidence.”

“A la Sherlock Holmesque, Authier traced the noise to a paper sack which a youth nearby was carrying under his arm.”

““Sure as the Lord made tumbleweeds in Kansas, we — your Sherlock Holmesque readers — are closing in on the elusive Joe Don Looney,” the Morrisseys wrote.”

“He plays Brown, a federal agent who disguises himself as a bumbling Sherlock Holmesque detective.”

“> Sherlock Holmesque films are pretty cool.”

“But that little something happened to put me on the road leading to culinary achievements, and remained imbedded in my mind forever as a Sherlock Holmesque “Case of the Stubborn Duck”.”

“Am I supposed to call you a GENIUS because of your Sherlock Holmesque revelation ?”

“It's sort of a Sherlock Holmesque thing, to try and pin down where a person is from based on their idioms and figures of speech.”

“Here, a compendium of well-written Sherlock Holmesque stories, set at our bustling Metro where milieu and characters extol authenticity, is a fine example of where we should commence in this rarely trod sub-genre of fiction.”

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