cross-examine
verb (used with object)
to examine by questions intended to check a previous examination; examine closely or minutely.
cross-examiner
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a word derived from
cross-examine.
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
Kinstler, however, is not a foghorn writer; she is a cross-examiner leaping in from multiple sides, probing, flipping, slicing, exposing shades of gray.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 8, 2022
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
Mr. Nadjari was a by-the-books prosecutor and a fierce cross-examiner.
From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2019
“Describe this here woman!” ordered Donohue, who loved to drag in details at a trial, not so much for the sake of the details themselves as to show his skill as a cross-examiner.
From The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
