Example Sentences

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Jolly good fun for the crime crowd, with Jack Hawkins puffing the inspectorial briar.

From Time Magazine Archive

The inspectorial eye twinkled almost as brightly as the diamond clasp on Mrs. Herter's triple strand of pearls.

From Time Magazine Archive

Captain Resmith had much inspectorial cantering to do, and George faithfully followed him for some time.

From The Roll-Call by Bennett, Arnold

I know that colorless tone of the inspectorial voice.

From The Woman in Black by Bentley, E. C. (Edmund Clerihew)

After that, any trace of soreness in the inspectorial breast was completely obliterated.

From The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley by Tracy, Louis