cross-questioning

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Judge Subramanian said Mr Combs was "vigorously nodding" during the cross questioning of Bryana Bongolan, a friend of Mr Combs' ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura who accused the rapper of holding her over a balcony.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2025

So it was with these Fuegians, and hence it was generally impossible to find out, by cross questioning, whether one had rightly understood anything which they had asserted.

From The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles

For hours Bathurst listened to the statements of the old people of the village, cross questioning them closely, and sparing no efforts to sift the truth from their confused and often contradictory evidence.

From Rujub, the Juggler by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

At first enumeration he gave only 8 items, and on cross questioning gave only 6 more.

From Pathology of Lying, accusation, and swindling: a study in forensic psychology by Healy, William

It was only after half an hour of cross questioning that Braun was satisfied with the details of Robert Wade's espionage of Randall Clayton.

From The Midnight Passenger : a novel by Savage, Richard