All 12 Uses of
scrutiny
in
Nineteen Minutes
- She turned sideways, scrutinized her flat belly, and sucked it in a little.†
Chpt 1scrutinized = 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.
- There was an adjoining bathroom; Alex stepped inside to scrutinize herself.†
Chpt 1scrutinize = to look 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.
- It was a strange feeling to be scrutinized so carefully and to know all the same that no one would ever dare to tell her to her face that something was wrong.†
Chpt 1scrutinized = 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.
- He scrutinized Peter's face-saw the disappointment flash across it as he realized that Jordan had again unearthed something he'd hoped would stay hidden.†
Chpt 1
- Josie had asked, scrutinizing Alex's face in the mirror as if it belonged to a stranger.†
Chpt 1scrutinizing = looking 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.
- She walked out of the kitchen and found Joe holding up a candlestick, scrutinizing the bottom.†
Chpt 1
- Drew scrutinized Peter and Derek.†
Chpt 1scrutinized = 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.
- It meant that Alex would be under public scrutiny before this case could go any further.†
Chpt 1scrutiny = careful look or inspection
- Josie Cormier, Jordan thought, scrutinizing the girl who was shaking like an aspen leaf.†
Chpt 1scrutinizing = looking 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.
- She rolled to her side and scrutinized a framed photograph of Josie and Matt.†
Chpt 1scrutinized = 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.
- He had spent hours at the police station, his first stop after leaving Alex's house, scrutinizing the enlarged fingerprint that had been on Gun B. An inconclusive one; one that he'd assumed, lazily, to be Peter's.†
Chpt 2scrutinizing = looking 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.
- He crawled beneath the wooden bench and scrutinized the underside.
Chpt 2 *scrutinized = carefully examinedstandard 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:
careful examination of something