Scrutinized
['skrʊtn,aɪz]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Scrutinize
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Examples
- Then he carefully scrutinized the broken and frayed end where it had snapped off when the burglar had dragged it down. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Earnest was the gaze that scrutinized them as they emerged from behind the trunk of the cedar. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He scrutinized the crystals of sodium ammonium racemate obtained from aqueous solution. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- When we reached the carré, a large square hall between the dwelling-house and the pensionnat, she paused, dropped my hand, facedand scrutinized me. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- She scrutinized his face. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Over a quarter of a million pages of patent-office reports, encyclopedias, trade journals, receipt books, and other special publications have been carefully scrutinized. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Bradley Headstone scrutinized the boy as closely as the boy had scrutinized the gentleman. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- As for me, I scrutinized your face once, and it sufficed. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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