Probing
['prəʊbɪŋ] or ['probɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Probe
Checker: Mae
Examples
- But even thus early the stronger love of mechanical processes and of probing natural forces manifested itself. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- They are still sounding the planking and probing the furniture in the hope of finding them. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Probing was unsatisfactory, he said. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- He would not drop the work, and while highly appreciative of the proposed honor, let it go by rather than quit for a week or two the stern drudgery of probing for the fact and the truth. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- No one looked at her, no one seemed aware of her presence; she was probing the very depths of insignificance. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Sir Leicester sits like a statue, gazing at the cruel finger that is probing the life-blood of his heart. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Checker: Scott