cross-examine
verb (used with object)
to examine by questions intended to check a previous examination; examine closely or minutely.
cross-examines
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present tense formof cross-examine (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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I'm told he "cross-examines" them and their officials - and if their answers aren't up to snuff, they get called in for another meeting.
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2025
Rebecca Roiphe, a professor at New York Law School, noted that Mr. Avenatti, because of his combative personality, could face real hurdles when he cross-examines Ms. Daniels.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2022
When I think about Harris, I remember her performance at Senate hearings: the way she challenges people, cross-examines them, and handles herself in a room.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 9, 2020
“It’s like being in, what I imagine, one of those law classes where he cross-examines you.”
From Washington Post ● Jun. 27, 2020
Each new pebble it picks up upon the shore of the Newtonian ocean it holds up square and askew to the light, and cross-examines color, texture and form.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876 by Various
