PROBING in a Sentence
Learn PROBING from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
37 example sentences for PROBING, such as:
1. He didn't like the media probing into his past.
2. The police were probing into her personal life.
3. It is hard in you to probe me with that remark.
4. The interviewer probed deep into her private life.
5. The evil of our crime is not for the human mind to probe.
2. The police were probing into her personal life.
3. It is hard in you to probe me with that remark.
4. The interviewer probed deep into her private life.
5. The evil of our crime is not for the human mind to probe.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of PROBING
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probing
n. an investigation conducted using a flexible surgical instrument to explore an injury or a body cavity
v. examine physically with or as if with a probe
Classic Sentence: (20 in 2 pages)
1 In short, one needs, before doing this, to carry out a prolonged probing with the aid of an insight sharpened in the acute school of research.
2 However, instead of probing deeper into the subject of Chichikov's ailments, Murazov turned to Khlobuev.
3 Prince Andrew remembered nothing more: he lost consciousness from the terrible pain of being lifted onto the stretcher, the jolting while being moved, and the probing of his wound at the dressing station.
4 No one looked at her, no one seemed aware of her presence; she was probing the very depths of insignificance.
5 Mrs. Fisher continued to probe her embarrassment with an unflinching eye.
6 Then, gradually, his troubled vision cleared, old hints and rumours came back to him, and out of the very insinuations he had feared to probe, he constructed an explanation of the mystery.
7 He had time in which to wonder about himself and to attempt to probe his sensations.
8 However, after a while I came away; my friend is just a little too sane at present to make it safe to probe him too deep with questions.
9 Lord Godalming smiled, and the man lifted a good-sized bunch of keys; selecting one of them, he began to probe the lock, as if feeling his way with it.
10 From Estella she looked at me, with a searching glance that seemed to pry into my heart and probe its wounds.
11 It is hard in you to probe me with that remark.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: 2 He Is Set upon by Adversities but He Sings a Song
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: 2 He Is Set upon by Adversities but He Sings a Song
12 Where it is ill, we probe; and the sickness once diagnosed, the study of the cause leads to the discovery of the remedy.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER IV—THE TWO DUTIES: TO WATCH AND TO HOPE
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER IV—THE TWO DUTIES: TO WATCH AND TO HOPE
13 The evil of our crime is not for the human mind to probe.
14 He probed the glowworms with a bit of stick, and rolled them over, till the bright side of their tails was upwards.
15 The reddleman and the two others then entered the water together from below as before, and with their united force probed the pool forwards to where it sloped down to its central depth.
Example Sentence: (17 in 2 pages)
1 When the development bubble burst, federal regulators started probing the balance sheets of the biggest banks.
2 The journalist was probing into several financial scandals.
3 He didn't like the media probing into his past.
4 The police were probing into her personal life.
5 There's something sharp, the fang, which is probing and penetrating and moving into it.
6 Finding an effective drug could take up to ten years, but the technology could prove useful in probing other drug resistant diseases such as HIV.
7 Reines has also been engaged in pioneering experiments probing decay modes of the proton.
8 I wanted the chance to compare notes and probe and ask questions, and with this approach I could.
9 The police probe into organized crime led to several arrests.
10 I don't want to probe too deeply into your personal affairs.
11 A doctor used a probe to remove metal fragments from a wound.
12 The surgeon tried to probe the wound for foreign matter before suturing it.
13 Jason, as his father's protege, is destined to probe the mysteries of the hometown church.
14 The government probe began after Christ told Go Public the fast food outlet is bringing in Filipino workers while cutting local staffers' hours and turning away dozens of seemingly qualified Canadians seeking jobs.
15 The interviewer probed deep into her private life.