has grilled
- present perfect of grill (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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People he has grilled say that when he doesn’t get the answer he’s looking for, he has a Columbo-esque tendency to ask the same question in different ways in an attempt to elicit something incriminating.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2025
It is something she has also demonstrated during heated Senate hearings when she has grilled Trump officials and Supreme Court nominees.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2024
As chair of the investigations subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee, she has grilled oil company executives.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 9, 2022
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., has grilled Fauci in nationally televised hearings, and Fauci — true to his fighter-from-Brooklyn roots — has punched back.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 7, 2022
"The sun has grilled me like a bone."
From Where the Pavement Ends by Russell, John
