inquisitions
- plural of inquisition.
Example Sentences
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Porter’s inquisitions of Wall Street executives during congressional hearings made her a favorite of liberal voters — particularly young ones — angry about inequality and corporate greed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2024
The Council of Swedish Jewish Communities deplored the police decision to allow the protest, saying, “our tragic European history links the burning of Jewish books with pogroms, expulsions, inquisitions and the Holocaust.”
From Washington Times ● Jul. 14, 2023
It contained uncanny, elevated descriptions of sound and performance, offered grounded philosophical inquisitions and sprinkled in wink-nudge personal asides.
From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2021
Stop the reproduction inquisitions during wine nights and happy hours.
From Salon ● Nov. 27, 2021
They were unpleasant enough, these private inquisitions, but I cannot find words to adequately express the torments I suffered when he chose to ply this art of his in public.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
