All 6 Uses of
probe
in
The House of Mirth
- The topmost shelf of every closet was made to yield up its secret, cellar and coal-bin were probed to their darkest depths and, as a final stage in the lustral rites, the entire house was swathed in penitential white and deluged with expiatory soapsuds.†
Chpt 1.9
- Gerty had unconsciously adopted the soothing note of her trade: all personal feeling was merged in the sense of ministry, and experience had taught her that the bleeding must be stayed before the wound is probed.†
Chpt 1.14
- Mrs. Fisher continued to probe her embarrassment with an unflinching eye.†
Chpt 2.2 *
- No one looked at her, no one seemed aware of her presence; she was probing the very depths of insignificance.†
Chpt 2.4
- She did not wish to probe the inwardness of Lily's situation, but simply to view it from the outside, and draw her conclusions accordingly; and these conclusions, at the end of a confidential talk, she summed up to her friend in the succinct remark: "You must marry as soon as you can."†
Chpt 2.5
- Then, gradually, his troubled vision cleared, old hints and rumours came back to him, and out of the very insinuations he had feared to probe, he constructed an explanation of the mystery.†
Chpt 2.14
Definition:
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(probe) to investigate; or an investigation
or:
any of various instrument used for investigationinstruments such as:- an instrument to measure electronic voltage
- a surgical tool used for examination
- an unmanned spacecraft used for exploration