Example Sentences

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“A Family Tour,” which dramatizes the intimate implications of those choices, is unflinching, probingly analytical, and fiercely angry.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 24, 2018

When Basil and Carol talk probingly about his emotional distance or his ambivalence toward his father, “Man and Boy” feels embarrassingly dated.

From New York Times • Oct. 10, 2011

The show opens with Lemon seated onstage, reading from a text that humorously, probingly, sometimes opaquely reflects on his art.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 19, 2010

“Microsoft’s search engine is better than Google’s,” Bill Gates said probingly.

From Washington Post

Charles Wallace looked at Calvin probingly for a mo-ment; then an almost glazed look came into his eyes, and he seemed to be thinking at him.

From "A Wrinkle in Time" by Madeleine L'Engle