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scrutiny
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  • Tailed almost everywhere she went, her mail searched, her friends and family interrogated, Shizuka endured intense scrutiny for two years.  (source)
    scrutiny = careful observation and inspection
  • The bright blue eyes gave the same impression that they were X-raying the object of their scrutiny,  (source)
    scrutiny = careful inspection
  • The jury, thinking themselves under close scrutiny, paid attention; so did the witnesses, thinking likewise.  (source)
    scrutiny = careful examination
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  • The holograms were handy for quick patches, but no good under scrutiny.  (source)
    scrutiny = careful look or inspection
  • The Pfaffelhürvers scrutinized the results. "Not one crease in these shirts, please."  (source)
    scrutinized = looked at very carefully
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ize" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.
  • We circle around the Cornucopia, scrutinizing the jungle.  (source)
    scrutinizing = looking at very carefully
  • The patient must lay out the often fantastic assertions of the first interpreter and scrutinize them with the second. The hope is that the second interpreter has, or will learn to have, the wit and insight to disprove some of the ridiculous claims the first interpreter has made over the years.  (source)
    scrutinize = look at them very carefully
  • We scrutinised the field all day with glasses, but discover nothing.†  (source)
    unconventional spelling: This is the British spelling. Americans spell it scrutinized.
  • He scrutinizes me for what feels like a very long time.  (source)
    scrutinizes = looks at or examines very carefully
  • A middle-aged woman, stout and business-like, came downstairs, gave them the scrutinising glance of her profession, and asked what accommodation they required.†  (source)
    unconventional spelling: This is the British spelling. Americans spell it scrutinizing.
  • Accordingly, Marilla lifted her candle and looked scrutinizingly at Anne's hair, flowing in heavy masses down her back.  (source)
    scrutinizingly = with careful examination
  • The impertinence of these kind of scrutinies, moreover, was generally concluded with a compliment, which though meant as its douceur, was considered by Marianne as the greatest impertinence of all; for after undergoing an examination into the value and make of her gown, the colour of her shoes, and the arrangement of her hair, she was almost sure of being told that upon "her word she looked vastly smart, and she dared to say she would make a great many conquests."†  (source)
  • Chauvelin looked at Marguerite long and scrutinisingly.†  (source)
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