inquisition

Example Sentences

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England will face an inquisition when they get home with coach Brendon McCullum's job in the spotlight.

From Barron's • Jan. 8, 2026

O’Connor suggests that parents turn the inquisition back on their children by asking, “That’s an interesting question. What do you think?”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2024

Horner's PR minder let the inquisition continue by and large.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2024

For example, there’s Pirate Day, when campers learn about Jews who were expelled to the Caribbean during the Spanish inquisition and found livelihoods as pirates.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 11, 2023

Francis Bacon, when he writes about experiments, uses the phrases ‘the inquisition of nature’ and ‘nature vexed’.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton