All 8 Uses
scrutiny
in
Change of Heart, by Picoult
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- I knew he was an inmate here at the state prison in Concord—I can still remember watching the news the day his sentence was handed down and scrutinizing an outside world that was starting to fade in my mind: the rough stone of the prison exterior; the golden dome of the statehouse; even just the general shape of a door that wasn't made of metal and wire mesh.†
scrutinizing = 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.
- I scrutinized the mental chessboard I'd been tracking—Shay's queen had come out of nowhere, screened by his knight.†
*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.
- I wondered if Pandora, too, wished she had scrutinized the contents first—heartache, cleverly disguised as a gift.†
- They scrutinize statues and busts, scrape Crisco out of the corners of supposedly bleeding eyes, track scented oil on walls that emit the smell of roses.†
scrutinize = 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.
- I stood in front of the stainless steel panel that served as a mirror, and scrutinized my chest.†
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.
- He held his hands up in front of his face, scrutinizing his fingertips.†
scrutinizing = 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.
- I bent down, scrutinizing a tiny door knocker with the head of a lion.†
- He wasn't scrutinizing breasts that sagged or a waist that was too thick or thighs that rubbed together when the temperature climbed above eighty degrees.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(scrutiny) careful examination of something
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)