Examination

Examples

• Erringly and strangely she began the task of self-examination with self-condemnation. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• I must explain to you, Mr. Holmes, that to-morrow is the first day of the examination for the Fortescue Scholarship. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Having discovered this relation, which requires no farther examination, I am curious to find some other of their qualities. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• A cursory examination of the latter revealed no mortal injuries and after a brief rest he asserted that he felt fit to attempt the return voyage. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• An examination of his betting-book shows that bets to the amount of five thousand pounds had been registered by him against the favorite. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• He has been idling all this term, and he must look forward with dread to the examination. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• And the rigid examination system that killed all intellectual initiatives has been destroyed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• And now I made a very careful examination of the corner of paper which the Inspector had submitted to us. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Much of this early Turkish material still awaits examination. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• In good time you are sure to pass a creditable examination and become one of us. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• This he opened and made a very careful examination of the sill with his powerful magnifying lens. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• I gave him a little brandy and left him collapsed in a chair, while I made a most careful examination of the room. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Edison was intolerant of sham and shoddy, and nothing would satisfy him that could not stand cross-examination by microscope, test-tube, and galvanometer. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• After a long examination I discovered what it was--the shadowy soldiers were all Germans! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Shortly after, the petition of the Massachusetts Assembly was taken up for examination before the privy council. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Able men who have passed their examinations will do these things sometimes, not less than the plucked Fred. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Terrible and inhuman were his examinations into every detail; there was no privacy he would spare, no old sentiment but he would turn it over. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• I can establish a good private school for farmers' sons, and without stopping the school I can manage to pass examinations. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• At last all the examinations were passed, and the members of the class were called upon to record their choice of arms of service and regiments. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Generals Ord, Wright, and Parke made examinations in their fronts to determine the feasibility of an assault on the enemy's lines. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The natural ph?nomena that take place every day before our eyes did not escape my examinations. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• The two years following were devoted largely to surveys, examinations and preliminary work. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The emperors and dynasties might come and go; the mandarins, the examinations, the classics, and the traditions and habitual life remained. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The examinations were for the most part mere _viva voce_ ceremonies. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.

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