Questioned

Examples

• It may be questioned whether some of the present pedagogical interest in the matter of values of studies is not either excessive or else too narrow. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• I questioned, as I sank tired on the edge of the bed. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Young Law cross-questioned an old woman in an antique costume. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Edison always stood shoulder to shoulder with his associates, but no one ever questioned the leadership, nor was it ever in doubt where the inspiration originated. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Do you think that I will be suspected, perhaps watched, cross-questioned, and disbelieved? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• It may be questioned, therefore, whether any one but Mr Meagles had much enjoyment of the time. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• But it may be questioned whether inertia is not equally to be dreaded with active ill-will. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• When Galton questioned persons whom he met in general society he found an entirely different disposition to prevail. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• I don't object, Lammle,' returned Fledgeby, with an internal chuckle, 'to being understood, though I object to being questioned. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I must request, sir,' said Bella, taking refuge in a touch of timely resentment, 'that I may not be questioned. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• When again questioned respecting her health, she declared herself perfectly recovered. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I went upstairs to ascertain, but I made no discoveries, and when I questioned Laura, I found that she had not heard anything. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• He was a man who never questioned his own authority, and who always did in war time what he wanted to do. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I had just finished your room when I was sent for to be questioned by Mr. Seegrave, along with the rest of the servants. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• They questioned us but they were polite because we had passports and money. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Again I questioned, but this time only in thought. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Raymond questioned vainly; the mysterious Greek would say no more. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• At any rate the people invited to dinner were very much interested, and they questioned me as to what I thought of the proposition. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Too much astonished to reply, I questioned her in my turn. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I questioned. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Yet he had not questioned whether one should go through this torture. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• In the custom house a lieutenant, very thin and military, questioned us. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• But it may be seriously questioned whether in the aggregate Edison's visitors are less numerous or less time-consuming than his epistolary besiegers. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• So Rome, until disaster fell upon her, never examined into her own social health, never questioned the ultimate value of her hard officialism. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Do you think that I will be questioned, and my replies disdainfully set aside? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• I thought the father rather wished to be questioned, and therefore I inquired who had lost and who still mourned Justine Marie. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• In the afternoon Christian returned from a journey in the same direction, and Mrs. Yeobright questioned him. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• But they questioned the doctrinal soundness of Rome and the orthodox interpretation of the Bible. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He then withdrew a pace or two; and, with another polite and gentlemanly inclination of the head, waited to be questioned. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• They made a point of being intent on questioning the next man while the man who had been questioned before was being shot. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.

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