Both Uses of
scrutiny
in
A Thousand Splendid Suns
- Inside it, she was an observer, buffered from the scrutinizing eyes of strangers.
p. 73..4scrutinizing = carefully examiningstandard suffix: The suffix "-ize" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.
- An awareness of being looked at, scrutinized, whispered about, that Laila had never felt before.
p. 163..3 *scrutinized = looked at very carefullystandard suffix: The suffix "-ize" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.
Definition:
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(scrutiny) careful examination of something