cross-examine
verb (used with object)
to examine by questions intended to check a previous examination; examine closely or minutely.
have cross-examined
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present perfectof cross-examine.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Because he could have cross-examined at the preliminary hearing, the state's highest court upheld his conviction.
From Time Magazine Archive
Looking back, maybe I should have cross-examined him and said, 'John, did you do it?'
From Time Magazine Archive
Well, you seem to have cross-examined her pretty thoroughly.
From The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
When I was with Noel, I should have cross-examined him, got hold of a quantity of useful details; but I did not even think of doing so.
From The Widow Lerouge by Émile Gaboriau
Besides, he would have cross-examined me before the public in Old Bailey style; no story, the most straightforward that ever was told, could be sure to stand that.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 by Various
