interrogate

Example Sentences

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“We already knew he was a controversial figure, and we have to now further confront this and interrogate him head-on.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

"We are left to speculate some, as our ability to interrogate insulators stops a little," explained Dean -- their expertise is in transport measurements, and insulators don't transport a current.

From Science Daily • Feb. 5, 2026

What does it mean to label a call for equality “antisemitic”? Let us interrogate this accusation.

From Slate • Jan. 1, 2026

Not long after, he was tapped by the intelligence branch of the Royal Air Force and sent to Cairo and Beirut to interrogate Nazi prisoners.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

If they spotted someone approaching, they yanked a pull-chain that rang a bell in Miss Peregrine’s room, which meant that whenever I arrived she’d be waiting inside the door to interrogate me.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs