interrogate
verb (used with object)
to ask questions of (a person), sometimes to seek answers or information that the person questioned considers personal or secret.
has been interrogating
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present perfect progressiveof interrogate (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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In his essays and commentaries, Kang, a contributor to the Magazine who also writes a newsletter for The Times’s Opinion section, has been interrogating the ideas underpinning Asian American identity for years.
From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2021
A detective who has been interrogating her for half a year boasts about his diet and exercise regimen; a unit monitor gives Alyokhina a birthday card, wishing her “simple women’s happiness.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2017
This May, Future Tense has been interrogating supposed creepiness of drones as part of our ongoing project Futurography, which introduces readers to a new technological or scientific topic each month.
From Slate ● May 31, 2016
This April, Future Tense has been interrogating the supposed dangers of artificial intelligence as part of our ongoing project, Futurography, which introduces readers to a new technological or scientific topic each month.
From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2016
I have been hearing all about our neighbors,—at least, Cary has been interrogating the gardener, and "reporting progress" to me as well as she could make him out.
From The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II by Charles James Lever
