cross-examine
verb (used with object)
to examine by questions intended to check a previous examination; examine closely or minutely.
are cross-examining
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present progressiveof cross-examine.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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But the man remains essentially inscrutable, as if we are cross-examining him from the distance of a drone — we learn where and when he went, but we have no idea why.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 11, 2023
We feel small when we are cross-examining you.
From Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland by Joseph Tatlow
