Example Sentences

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Interviewers should interrupt to scrutinise and to challenge, but in those interviews we are often doing it because we are running out of time.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026

"We will scrutinise their actions and work to ensure that their attention is on our public services and not Welsh independence."

From BBC • May 13, 2026

But the new system's speed could make it difficult to properly scrutinise new companies, argue campaigners including Olivier Hoedeman of Corporate Europe Observatory.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

Intelligence analysts scrutinise millions of data points -- from web addresses and malware variants to hacker code names -- that could provide leads in active investigations.

From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026

You could go around implying you’d read all kinds of things, nodding knowingly when someone mentioned, say, War and Peace, and the understanding was that no one would scrutinise your claim too rationally.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro