sleuthhound

1 The instinct of the sleuthhound is beginning to stir in me.

2 At that time bloodhounds, or sleuthhounds, were used for the purpose of pursuing great criminals.

3 They are encamped for the night in a neighbouring valley, and we cannot shake them off, for they are tracking us with sleuthhounds.

4 I knew the man well—a keen sleuthhound if ever there was one—and well did he deserve his name, for he was as red as a fox.

5 With Jimmy above stairs and Spike Mullins below, that sleuthhound would have his hands full.

6 From that instant, all pretenses were abandoned, Robert was a sleuthhound on a keen scent.

7 Its speciality—or, if you like, its oddity—was this merciless mercy; the unrelenting sleuthhound who seeks to save and not slay.

8 M. Formery had so exactly the air of a sleuthhound; and he was even noisier.

9 Especially were they noted for the remorseless vendette which they carried on among themselves, cousin tracking cousin to death with the ferocity and craft of sleuthhounds.

10 “Hearken now to the tale of the sleuthhound,” the latter continued, setting down his hat, cane and gloves upon the sideboard and thrusting his hands into his trousers pockets.

11 They are as sleuthhounds in the infallibility of their scent, and in their sayings no less sententious than the rubrics of the law.

12 "You must have your own way, Mr. Fenton," said Crackenfudge, smiling, or assuming a smile, and still steady as a sleuthhound to his purpose.

13 I suppose it will be a long race, for these Norman sleuthhounds are sure of scent, and will not be easily shaken off!

14 She was working like a regular sleuthhound, now, too, slowly, picking up the trail and following it, baying as she went.

15 Not even the very keenest of the law's sleuthhounds were able to avoid such mistakes.

16 The man on the other side of the desk, man hunter extraordinary, old servant of Government and State, sleuthhound without a peer, threw up his hands in a gesture of odd hopelessness.

17 Could you be a sleuthhound, Bill—one of those that travel on their stomachs very noiselessly?

18 And straightway the minions of the law led forth from their donjon keep one whom the sleuthhounds of justice had apprehended in consequence of information received.

19 the fictional sleuthhound Miss Marple is notable for her age as well as for her understanding of human nature, both of them being rather advanced

20 Ralph said doggedly, though a Scot, correct for once in his grammar; and he pursued a recalcitrant particle through the dictionary like a sleuthhound.

1 警犭

sleuth

2 侦探

detective shadow bull spy dick sleuth bloodhound shamus hawkshaw espial

3 警犬

bloodhound patrol dog

4 探侦

sleuth