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Example sentences for "examining"

Lexicographically close words:
examine; examined; examiner; examiners; examines; example; exampled; examples; exams; examyned
  1. This he said by way of examining them, to see what they would answer.

  2. And the king considering, and diligently examining the matter, made a temple for it, that he might prove what had happened.

  3. I found this little boy of yours on the street absolutely unable to get along a step further; and on taking him into the drug store above, and examining his feet, I found them in a most shocking condition!

  4. About nine o'clock the doctor came in again, and upon examining the child's throat, found it black and deeply ulcerated.

  5. For ten days I remained in New York, eagerly examining each morning the shipping lists, and referring to all the southern papers to which I could get access.

  6. In all cases, therefore, we cannot be too careful in examining the how far?

  7. The grand old timber here is also attractive to the Stock Dove; and whilst we are examining the homes of the Jackdaws and the Starlings, a Stock Dove every now and then dashes with impetuous haste out of the holes and crannies.

  8. There she found two or three books, which, after examining them, she placed on the dresser beside Robert.

  9. Had she taken the straightforward measure of examining Robert, she would soon have arrived at the truth.

  10. Examining the shoes, she saw they were in a perfectly sound state, and this confirmed her suspicion that there was more in the affair than had yet come out.

  11. I paused, therefore, under the pretext of examining the outside still longer; and at the same time I cast stolen glances into the garden, for a garden it was which had opened before me.

  12. And it is precisely here that the building we are examining satisfies us in the highest degree, for we see all the ornaments fully suited to every part which they adorn: they are subordinate to it, they seem to have grown out of it.

  13. Frederick pretended to be examining the drawings.

  14. She remained standing, examining the trophy of Mongolian arrows suspended from the ceiling, the bookcase, the bindings, all the utensils for writing.

  15. Upon examining the wings which the birds had clipped off, it was apparent that the birds had bitten directly over the kernel itself at a point rather nearer the wing than the center of the kernel.

  16. He entered the study, and traversed it, examining every corner to convince himself that the person upon whom his mind was intent was not in the room.

  17. When he was satisfied that there was no longer any danger, he returned to the house, stepping very softly, and examining the fastenings of the doors and windows.

  18. He has been seen prowling about the grounds and examining the doors and windows of the house to discover a means of entering it when we were asleep.

  19. On examining the stores which had been landed, four well-secured casks were discovered which had been taken out of one of the last prizes captured.

  20. Others lay on the deck, beneath, and one poor fellow was on the table, the surgeon and his assistants standing over him examining a dreadfully shattered limb.

  21. The rest of the officers were found below, unconscious of what had happened; and Ap Reece, on awaking and examining his medicine stores, discovered that certain drugs had been abstracted which were calculated to produce sleep.

  22. Examining his fire-arms with more care than usual, and placing his sword by his side ready for instant use, though he firmly believed that no attempt would be made by the mutineers, he threw himself on his bed.

  23. Poor fellow, he had been shot in the small of the back, and (on our surgeon examining him) pronounced to be mortally.

  24. It was laughable the next morning to see them examining so intently the ice which had been formed on the pools near our bivouack.

  25. The pale inventor stood a few feet from the window, attentively examining a mass of machinery before him, upon which the light shone strongly.

  26. In the mean time, Wesley Tiffles had been examining the mysterious machine, which stood undisturbed in its corner, with the protecting screen still standing before it.

  27. But, on examining the envelopes, at the suggestion of Fayette Overtop, he at once recognized the Hogarthian curve as a mark which he had always observed on his son's letters.

  28. Marcus, turning over the letter, and then the envelope, for the twentieth time each, and minutely examining them.

  29. The king took it and read, examining every line as he did so, in order to see whether it bore about it the marks of truth and authenticity.

  30. Thus Nick wandered along the bank of the creek, examining the shores closely, in the hope of being able to pick up a few shellfish, since his taste for oysters had grown to huge proportions after the feast already indulged in.

  31. While examining the place she received a similar blow on the forehead and another on the back of her hand.

  32. I want you to keep him and let Elizabeth go in to town with me and sign the mortgage on this eighty, Monday," John replied, examining the valve with great attention.

  33. In examining the history, or the progress of discovery in any particular science, we are irresistibly led to enquire why a series of facts like those which constitute its basis should have remained so long hidden from the eye of man.

  34. John tells us that Jesus promised the Comforter, to bring to their memory things that concerned him; oh that one could have the satisfaction of cross-examining John on this subject!

  35. Their proprietor showed them off as a horse-dealer does his cattle, examining their teeth, removing their body-clothes, and exhibiting their paces.

  36. As a little child I was so eager to know the names of the wild flowers that I went through my grandfather's library, examining book after book on flowers in the vain hope of acquiring the desired information.

  37. On turning to go out, she observed that his coat was all wet; and, on examining it more narrowly, discovered that it was wet with blood.


  38. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "examining" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    analytic; analytical; curious; examining; exploratory; feeling; groping; heuristic; investigative; tentative; testing; trying


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    examining magistrate; examining the