examine

Example Sentences

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Using modern text analysis, we examined hundreds of thousands of songs and every word they contained.

From The Wall Street Journal

Noson was a seismic analyst, an expert in examining the lines and lurches of the recorder’s pen.

From Literature

Researchers from Wroclaw Medical University set out to examine what happens when this substance is tested under controlled scientific conditions.

From Science Daily

She examined frescoes, illuminated manuscripts, hagiographies, and letters, uncovering materials that had been misdated or wrongly attributed.

From Science Daily

Herself a lauded novelist, Serpell examines Toni Morrison’s oeuvre with the rigor of an academic and the admiration of a fellow creative.

From Los Angeles Times