Example Sentences

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A capable cross-examiner can always draw blood from an admitted liar.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2023

Harris—a former prosecutor and attorney general who is often lauded as perhaps the best cross-examiner in the Senate—is just one of six Democratic members of the committee.

From Slate • Aug. 21, 2020

“Savannah, slow down,” Omarosa told the morning-show host who had been trying, like any good cross-examiner, to get the former reality-show star to answer a question straight.

From Washington Post • Aug. 13, 2018

Tyrie has proved a tough cross-examiner of the banking business.

From The Guardian • Jun. 18, 2013

The cross-eyed cross-examiner leant across towards me and leered.

From Miss Cayley's Adventures by Allen, Grant