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cross-examine
verb as in interrogating an opposing witness
Example Sentences
The next day, in her absence and without notice to her, they called 16 witnesses, whom she could not in consequence cross-examine.
In the classroom and at work, people speak and write as if a hostile lawyer were about to cross-examine them.
He was quite free to cross-examine Mazaroff without the latter being in the least suspicious.
The Hepburn attorney was then given an opportunity to cross-examine the police witnesses.
Then a shady lawyer engaged by the Hepburns undertook to cross-examine the young lieutenant.
His mother, the next morning, casually began to cross-examine him concerning his sudden friendship for the girl.
Now Morella's advocate rose to cross-examine, asking him who had made the arrangements for the marriage.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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