From that instant, all pretenses were abandoned, Robert was a sleuthhound on a keen scent. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905] Reference
However, the methodical sleuthhound ran his quarry to earth a year or two later, just as he had put the finishing touches to his great. From Wordnik.com. [Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 7, 1914] Reference
To Oscar it spoke volumes, and he knew that his faithful strategist had succeeded in falling to a trail; and he knew that he would soon be on the trail like a sleuthhound following its prey. From Wordnik.com. [Cad Metti, The Female Detective Strategist Dudie Dunne Again in the Field] Reference
He knows absolutely nothing about the manifestations of the disorder, to begin with; but that is of no consequence, for the world is open to observation; and the note-book, the inquiring mind, and the sleuthhound patience are all as available as ever. From Wordnik.com. [My Contemporaries In Fiction] Reference
"You'll turn me into a regular sleuthhound," he laughed. From Wordnik.com. [The Pawns Count] Reference
Enoch Standring had something of the sleuthhound in his nature. From Wordnik.com. [The Day of Judgment] Reference
State, sleuthhound without a peer, threw up his hands in a gesture of odd hopelessness. From Wordnik.com. [The Bat] Reference
Jimmy above stairs and Spike Mullins below, that sleuthhound would have his hands full. From Wordnik.com. [The Gem Collector] Reference
Could you be a sleuthhound, Bill -- one of those that travel on their stomachs very noiselessly?. From Wordnik.com. [The Red House Mystery] Reference
Sometimes he pursued the wily burn trout with relentless ferocity and the silent intentness of a sleuthhound. From Wordnik.com. [The Lilac Sunbonnet] Reference
The detective paid no attention, his face had hardened, he seemed every inch the remorseless sleuthhound of the law. From Wordnik.com. [The Bat] Reference
"The instinct of the sleuthhound," he said to himself, "is all very well, but why on earth haven't I told Furley about the car?". From Wordnik.com. [The Devil's Paw] Reference
Its speciality— or, if you like, its oddity— was this merciless mercy; the unrelenting sleuthhound who seeks to save and not slay. From Wordnik.com. [A Miscellany of Men] Reference
"You must have your own way, Mr. Fenton," said Crackenfudge, smiling, or assuming a smile, and still steady as a sleuthhound to his purpose. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One] Reference
Ralph said doggedly, though a Scot, correct for once in his grammar; and he pursued a recalcitrant particle through the dictionary like a sleuthhound. From Wordnik.com. [The Lilac Sunbonnet] Reference
What, you! who basely deserted me; you! who married me under a false name; you! who during the years have never taken a step to try and find out what had become of me; you! who have hunted my son as though you were a sleuthhound; you! who have dragged him to prison. From Wordnik.com. [The Day of Judgment] Reference
"The instinct of the sleuthhound is beginning to stir in me. From Wordnik.com. [The Devil's Paw] Reference
Antony Gillingham, our own private sleuthhound. From Wordnik.com. [The Red House Mystery] Reference
Baxter the sleuthhound. From Wordnik.com. [Something New] Reference
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