Sample Sentences for
interrogate
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    Every other captive was grilled, at least at first, but no effort was made to interrogate him.  (source)
    interrogate = question
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    If she was on the porch when we passed, we would be raked by her wrathful gaze, subjected to ruthless interrogation regarding our behavior, and given a melancholy prediction on what we would amount to when we grew up, which was always nothing.  (source)
    interrogation = aggressive questioning
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    I reckon you'll need about three days for a preliminary interrogation.  (source)
    interrogation = the process of asking a series of questions of someone
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    The interrogation proceeded through a description of the man's appearance, and then the dreaded question came.  (source)
    interrogation = questioned in an aggressive manner
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
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    I'll take the testimony of the policeman who interrogated him right after the murder, when he couldn't remember a thing about the movies, great emotional stress or not.  (source)
    interrogated = asked a series of questions of (someone)
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    "Interrogate me when we reach Valskaay," Lieutenant Awn said.†  (source)
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    Suddenly the chief interrogator's eye fell on Father.†  (source)
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    He was, like, interrogating me.  (source)
    interrogating = aggressively asking a series of questions of someone -- like a law enforcement official
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    An investigation, interrogations, and then Levy and Nervous Shirley would give me up in a hot second.†  (source)
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    The first interrogators are French; an hour later they become German.†  (source)
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    He is like a man surrounded by traps: society is not a recreation for him, but a serious toil: he weighs your least actions, interrogates your looks, and scrutinizes all you say, lest there should be some hidden allusion to affront him.†  (source)
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    When there is mention of the Word of God, or of Man, it doth not signifie a part of Speech, such as Grammarians call a Nown, or a Verb, or any simple voice, without a contexture with other words to make it significative; but a perfect Speech or Discourse, whereby the speaker Affirmeth, Denieth, Commandeth, Promiseth, Threateneth, Wisheth, or Interrogateth.†  (source)
    standard suffix: Today, the suffix "-th" is replaced by "-s", so that where they said "She interrogateth" in older English, today we say "She interrogates."
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    Darren is in no shape for an interrogation.  (source)
    interrogation = the process of asking a series of questions of someone
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