cross-examine
verb (used with object)
to examine by questions intended to check a previous examination; examine closely or minutely.
had been cross-examining
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past perfect progressiveof cross-examine.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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He was quite different from the hard man who had been cross-examining Berrington outside.
From The Slave of Silence by Fred M. (Fred Merrick) White
