How To Use Questioning In A Sentence

Petrocelli Monday afternoon began an aggressive cross-examination after Simpson finished five hours of gentle questioning by his own lawyer Friday and Monday.
The book is a sustained diatribe questioning Churchill's actions from the early 1930s through 1941.
Hard graft and study of the score allowed him to master a wide repertoire without nationality kinships questioning his ability to conduct music from all periods.
The cruiser was pulled up below and the cops were questioning an old man with gray hair.
His father, David Ashworth, is wanted for questioning by murder squad detectives but yesterday he was still missing.

He decides in favour of gold and silver, and shows himself an unquestioning bimetallist. An Essay on Mediaeval Economic Teaching
One time, not too long ago, I saw a line of lame dancers unable to participate in class, sitting on the sidelines, questioning when they would return to dance.
It also brought into focus in Arab eyes the apparently unquestioning support given to the latter by the West. A Rock and a Hard Place
She's questioning whether she can stay with a man who can lash out. The Sun
Already skeptics are questioning whether the initial budget for the space plan is sufficient.
(I'm never home when it's on anyway) and setting the DVR to record it for later viewing seems more than I'm willing to do to expose my brain to the neuron-apoptosing and - necrosing antivaccinationist stupidity that Jenny routinely lays down, as lately I've been questioning whether any blog post, no matter how snarky and fun, is worth that kind of self-abuse. ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science
Both detention and compulsory questioning need to be authorised by a warrant issued by a prescribed authority.
Yeah, this kind of unquestioning arrogance is why I'm an atheist. Report: Obama Meets Unconditionally With George Will, Bill Kristol, David Brooks
These two elements in the story, the unparalleled beauty and the long deep sleep, are what light up the mind and set one questioning. What the Bee Knows - reflections on myth, symbol and story
I'm sometimes told that questioning the use of EMS helicopters is on par with encouraging people to play Russian roulette. Christine Negroni: The Not-So-Hilarious World of Helicopter EMS
These women demanded only fair treatment within traditional sex roles, never really questioning the salience of marriage itself.
Questioning the legitimacy or constitutional propriety of an action by the executive is a useful device for the opposition.
Upon questioning, many of them referred this service as outside the ambit of their responsibilities.
I am amazed by people questioning the quality of recruitment. Times, Sunday Times
Questioning is the door of knowledge.
The only positive aspect that has emerged from the meeting is the fact that more objective members have started questioning the sudden conversion of Zuma into a friend of the workers and the masses.
Further questioning revealed that the purpose was to allow flood water to escape more quickly.
MTV sees an increasing number of youth as non-committal about their sexual preference, identifying with inherently transient labels like "questioning" or "bi-curious. Nick Shore: What Gaga & Minaj's Alter-Egos Say About the Shape-Shifting Millennial Generation
Throughout questioning, more harrowing details came to light. The Sun
So far there has been precious little questioning of this long-term debasement of the world's biggest currency. David McWilliams: The Dollar's Denial
Previously, detainees have been hit or tortured during questioning, villagers say.
The only trouble was that under questioning it became clear that one of his central aims was to abolish mortgage tax relief.
It is grave, sometimes eloquent, responsive to sorrow, filled with deep questioning.
I am not questioning the integrity nor the bravery of the NSW "firie", but let's be honest.
Both are deep, questioning, disquieting yet also lyrical pieces. Times, Sunday Times
After assessing individual plants throughout the field, if you're questioning the viability of the crop and continued development, consider replanting as soon as possible.
The wife's questioning is swift and incisive, causing her husband first to reveal a trickle of information, then a cascade.
There are plenty of practical ideas, all curtailments of our liberty, which might indeed now need to be introduced - such as greater powers for the police to arrest suspects for questioning, deportations and possibly internment.
This must involve vigorous questioning of all research by those who may discern an alternative explanation. Times, Sunday Times
I seem to recall that 30 years ago, when christening was a rite carried out almost unquestioningly, godparents were often appointed as a matter of course or protocol, and the role meant little more than remembering birthdays.
He told me that many middle-ranking officers are openly questioning the war.
We have become conditioned to expect certain things in a genre film, and anyone who comes at this one expecting big scares could easily miss its philosophical questioning of superstition and religion, and find himself or herself bored.
Evan Harris's reference to the MHRA is the sting in the tail of his satirical questioning. The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
Questioning the legitimacy or constitutional propriety of an action by the executive is a useful device for the opposition.
In contrast to the naive and unquestioning faith of yesteryear, everyone now realizes at least the possibility of collapse of the FDIC.
A hemstitched bureau scarf that she had tucked in her trunk, in unquestioning faith in the bureau that was to be part of the ranch equipment, took the "raw edge," as it were, off the desk. Judith of the Plains
Few thinkers today risk such disapprobation by questioning our attitudes to modern living.
The policeman stared at his eyes when questioning him.
Professor Hugh Simpson provided expertise in engineering and was the liveliest and most questioning of the three.
We were subjected to very close questioning.
Police were questioning three people about the latest murder in one of the bloodiest feuds in Irish gangland history. Undefined
The questioning then, was whether she should take a particular man as a husband. Daniel Deronda
Are you questioning whether these acts have any efficaciousness?
Throughout the history of naïve, misleading realism, there has been a countercurrent of pseudorealism, which has satirized the shortcomings of this mode we have been conditioned to unquestioningly accept.
By questioning the validity of the scientific method, the new approach to science education opens up a can of worms.
Naomi sends questioning looks, keen for an update on the dybbuk saga.
Or I'll come up with some incredible insight about the person that hadn't come out in your previous line of questioning.
This must involve vigorous questioning of all research by those who may discern an alternative explanation. Times, Sunday Times
Come on now Engadget, must you be a completely unquestioning republisher of press releases? Journerdism | Will Sullivan's Stompin' ground for journalists and nerds.
The prospect of yet more exploitative taxes to support reproducer indulgence means that a questioning of the bio-political privileging of natality is long overdue.
Together with official histories, they provide a basis for cross-questioning the testimony in autobiographies and trial records.
Four suspects have been detained for questioning in connection with the incident.
He said his demeanour and attitude during questioning was not that of a man who had something to hide.
The police finally extracted the information after hours of questioning.
He was described as neither fit for questioning nor detention, but remains under house arrest.
They faced some hostile questioning over the cost of the project.
Who, exactly, would feel confident in questioning the claims of a self-identified victim of a hate crime?
This totally incompetent woman, is good at cacooning herself from public scrutiny, makes herself unavailable to public questioning, yet she gratuitously offers her opinions without submitting herself to vetting. cmb Palin to visit Fort Hood during book tour
All through the winter, the perturbation of the little huckster's mind remained unallayed; but there came a day in early spring which set his questionings at rest. The Golden Shoemaker or 'Cobbler' Horn
They both showed an unquestioning deference to the police. Times, Sunday Times
He always savoured the chance to quash interviewers with one of his favourite put-downs: ‘Please desist from your perfervid questioning.’
The questioning of my wife was particularly cruel and inhuman, resulting in her collapse after leaving the stand. The Sun
Bertrand repeated the phrase musingly as if questioning with himself how much it might mean. The Rocks of Valpre
Once he actually confronts her, his erotic drive is to break her down and force her to tell by persistent cross-questioning.
Skilling's arrogance, belligerence and lack of contriteness under questioning made him a lightning rod for the rage generated after Enron sought bankruptcy protection in 2001.
To do so, she explores the idea of metaphoricity, transforming conceits into self-reflexive, self-questioning, and ultimately self-effacing representation.
It regards a course of official questioning by a police officer as an interview.
For the information of those of you not in the trade, that ‘under prolonged questioning by journalists’ speaks volumes.
Sakurai and Saga then find a girl named Yuka, who claims that she was assaulted by " Green Monkey ". When she is picked up for questioning by the police, suddenly everyone faints and Yuka is gone.
We are not questioning the value of asepsis, which is only a learned phrase to express absolute surgical cleanliness. An Ethical Problem Or, Sidelights upon Scientific Experimentation on Man and Animals
We all fall victim to the unquestioning use of terms that are created by someone, somewhere, to create an impression of something that means something else.
At its worst, it was fear of authority for its own sake, allowing no questioning of its justice or merit; and the shame was to be found unworthy in the judgment of that authority.
The voices of the nay-sayers are in the ascendancy, questioning the US's ability to reinvent itself, to heal its wounded economy and sustain its leadership in the face of a burgeoning China.
Local people are questioning the wisdom of spending so much money on a new road.
Mr Chirac has flatly rejected requests to accept a summons for questioning by magistrates in the travel scandal.
Further questioning revealed that he had never touched any version or model of the product I was calling about!
It is conflict and not unquestioning agreement that deeps freedom alive. In a free country there will always be coflicting ideas, and this is a source of strength.
Birmingham may be more amenable to questioning and more accessible, at least during the first several months.
Vulnerable, and exposed ... The bedroom door opened, but the questioning smile died slowly on her lips.
With the Camouflage armchair and the Flex coffee table Godoy is questioning why so many designers choose to cover relatively cheap materials such as particleboard, OSB and plywood, which are commonly used for tabletops, back panels and other furniture components, with wood veneer, plastic laminates or paint. TreeHugger
It was these réseaux that Joly challenged, summoning prominent witnesses, questioning them harshly, and, when they refused to answer her questions, ordering them to prison.
The style of dealing with patients changed from passive listening to active questioning. Times, Sunday Times
Woodward ended the questioning session with facetious conjectures for the outcome of the upcoming election.
The group continued by questioning the motives of the union president. A Conceptual View of Human Resource Management: Strategic Objectives, Environments, Functions
I was merely questioning whether we have the money to fund such a project.
“On the various induction courses magistrates undergo, of which diversity training plays a major role, there is a constant stream of questioning, often denigratory, of everything the police stand for, their actions and their attitudes.” I haven’t had a dream in a long time « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
Voices ranging from Foreign Minister Shimon Peres to some senior army officials are questioning the wisdom and viability of the long-term reoccupation of Palestinian cities. TIME.com: Top Stories
He cites as a perfect example the scene in Basic Instinct where Sharon Stone is brought to the cop station for questioning and winds up flashing everyone a glimpse of her Lesser Antilles.
Thompson is the freethinking, questioning spirit of a population that once challenged its government instead of championing it.
He cites as a perfect example the scene in Basic Instinct where Sharon Stone is brought to the cop station for questioning and winds up flashing everyone a glimpse of her Lesser Antilles.
I've always believed that the questioning process is not something which is exclusive to the artist; it's something that we're all in engaged in.
A man was arrested by the police and held for questioning.
In order to be efficient commands must be executed quickly and without questioning by subordinates.
The tutor guides the tutee towards understanding through questioning, and never gives the answers away. Sara Vogel: Schools Should Not Be Islands: Building Bridges in Mexico Through Academic Encounters
Meanwhile on Monday, the EU was questioning Israel about falsified European passports used in the assassination - suspectedly the work of the Mossad. JPost.com - Front Page
Police arranged to meet Robinson on the street, then brought him in for questioning and placed him under arrest.
The aftermath of the Apollo I fire had left many questioning the basic concept of an attempted Moon landing.
In order to justify their behavior they confabulate, make up a variety of lies in order to manage real and imagined questioning. Justin Frank: John McCain: Suffering from Irregularity
Initiative on the part of individual soldiers was suppressed in favour of unquestioning compliance with instructions.
Kudos to this dancer for thinking beyond the customary perception of affording Rama the superlative prowess; thereby questioning his viability to be worshipped.
Then one of the younger males jeered, urging the challenging male on—in their prelingual word-sounds, questioning the young male's courage and his maleness. TRIANGLE
Many women are conditioned from birth to be accepting rather than questioning.
He attempted to explain apparent contradictions in testimony he gave under aggressive questioning by plaintiffs' lawyers several weeks ago.
Additionally, it was emphasized that source handlers should develop a skeptical view of their sources and prepare detailed questioning plans.
All this questioning is so analytical and clinical — it kills romance.
This damned heat has addled many people's wits, mine included: made us sluggish, unquestioning, apathetic.
It is a liberal questioning of criminal statistics collected and collated by the police themselves.
Even Ligeti himself may not have been aware of the extent to which the impulses behind his motivation for "ardore," the passion for questioning and discovery, for Socratic exetase, as well as for love-making and music-making were identical. Signandsight.com
The therapist should explain fully why certain areas of questioning are being broached so that parents feel part of the assessment procedure.
Central to British government policy towards the European Union has been an unquestioning belief in the progress towards economic reform and liberalisation.
Far from that, it begins questioning Lettres-de-Cachet generally, their legality, endurability; emits dolorous objurgation, petition on petition to have its three Martyrs delivered; cannot, till that be complied with, so much as think of examining the Protestant Edict, but puts it off always 'till this day week.' The French Revolution
A group of them even inVited one of the prominent leftist student spokesmen to attend the lectures and help direct the questioning.
Generally, the prosecutor conducts the questioning, but grand jurors are free to ask their own queries.
For the harsh language, for the questioning of your art warrior status, and for the ban, which I hereby lift.
Sertori is aware the City fans were questioning his role as a striker but vowed to carry on regardless.
Others are questioning their plans and priorities as well, and so really couldn't commit. Times, Sunday Times
Judge Marilyn Hall Patel is questioning whether the big five record companies are colluding to create a monopoly in their industry.
It seemed useless to pursue this line of questioning.
She's questioning whether she can stay with a man who can lash out. The Sun
There is nothing much worse than a bunch of hang glider pilots sitting around on a flyable day questioning the meaning of their lives.
This old-school argument for unquestioning and unrewarded obedience contrasts sharply with my claim that praise is more likely to function as a tool for imposing our will and eliciting compliance. Alfie Kohn: Criticizing (Common Criticisms of) Praise
The abbot conducts discussions and a questioning session with lower ranking monks.
Hitherto she had accepted their ideals without questioning -- their kindly affluence, their inexplosive religion, their dislike of paper-bags, orange-peel, and broken bottles. A Room with a View
The police have taken him in for questioning in connection with the murder of a girl.
Now a series of reports questioning his ability to deliver highbrow culture into the establishment may have damaged his reputation.
Some label execs are questioning the value of offering the public music free of charge. CNET News.com
In capitalist, theocratic societies like fascist Saudi Arabia, the consequences of questioning religious authority often leads to capital punishment in public places known commonly as chop-chop square where, among many other cases, a woman loses her head because she's considered a witch for listening to music by the Beatles. Mexico: Sex Slaves (Part I)
Can't a bro hang with his bro without people questioning it?
Under his questioning, she offered a sound summation of what's at stake in the October march, as well as responding to carping from the President and Vice-President over the need for progressives to "stop whining" and "buck up": Art Levine: Labor-Backed Oct. 2 Rally Competing With Jon Stewart, Pro-Corporate Senate
The sport's tainted past means huge improvements and instant stars cannot expect to avoid such questioning. Times, Sunday Times
She poked fun at Wimbledon in her Twitter account by questioning the 'pernickety' attitude supposedly introduced this year. Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7
Science poses the question, "What are you going to believe: the dreams and fantasies of ancient mystics or your eyes, ears, telescopes, magnetic resonance imaging, hadron colliders, and above all, reason and rigorous questioning of all extraordinary claims? Victor Stenger: The Folly of Faith
Yucun summoned the plaintiff for questioning.
By questioning underlying presumptions and conclusions they are creating a space in which to think about gender.
The fundamental structure of Christian proclamation "outwards" - towards searching and questioning mankind - is seen in Saint Paul's address at the Areopagus. Zenit: Benedict XVI on the Roots of European Culture
That is why the act of dissent and of intelligently questioning a war is one of the most patriotic things that a civilian can do.
Nobody's questioning the fact that he was the mentor of Zawahiri and the ideologue of Egyptian Islamic Jihad.
Police have started questioning the driver and passengers after a coach overturned on a mountain road.
Persistent questioning, passionate debate, direct self-contradictions, an electric atmosphere - all were there.
On the various induction courses magistrates undergo, of which diversity training plays a major role, there is a constant stream of questioning, often denigratory, of everything the police stand for, their actions and their attitudes. I haven’t had a dream in a long time « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
Aimée, in the meanwhile, sat talking with the mother, questioning her with her accented English and trying to get the victim's profile.
Whether this is the only way to make ballets now, interpreting music, certainly begs questioning.
When I was questioning Louise Beauchain in Linnet Doyle's cabin.
Three suspects were taken into custody and police were questioning them Friday morning.
Meeks' own concluding essay, The Christian Proteus, reminds us of the shape-changing aspect of Paul, a daimon who questions us just when we think we are questioning him.
Obviously arguing about the MPAA is not going to get me anywhere, but questioning the concerns of parents might. So How DID Prince Caspian Get a PG Rating?! « FirstShowing.net
A petition questioning the controversial appeal decision was upheld by a three judge bench of the Supreme Court in mid December 2002.
I obeyed her command without questioning, since she was responsible for the most fun I'd had in my life up to that point.
They were rendered today, but I don't know if the word detonation is entirely correct, because, as I understand it, they were not explosives in those packages, but they were rendered safe because they were suspicious and a person was taken into custody for questioning. CNN Transcript May 18, 2002
There is NO BBC questioning of its Labour government's plans, except, predictably, from a 'greenie' position: the plans do not go far enough. OPEN THREAD
It points the finger at the hierarchical system that penalises juniors for questioning their seniors' decisions.
Its choice of interviewees is often unbalanced, it employs double standards in treating one side far more roughly than the other, and much of its questioning rests on a series of highly partisan assumptions.
He gives monosyllabic answers to the simplest of questions in a vain attempt to close down any area of questioning about his public life. The Sun
But the era of questioning K-pop's relevance is ultimately in the past, whether you are a fan or not. Linda Constant: K-pop: Soft Power for the Global Cool
Instead of questioning the possibility of a perfect ready-made within the Balkan context, Vangeli has posed the question of fabricating.
Land lends itself too easily to sloganeering and an unquestioning intellectual certainty about the course of struggle.
It seems very likely that different responses would have been obtained from the same informants, with variation in the context of questioning.
I'm merely questioning what your outfit says about you when the only things covering your bottom half are full-bottomed underwear and thigh-high boots. Alexandra Sinderbrand: Caution: An Exposed Hoo-Ha May Be Harmful to Your Self-Esteem
Throughout questioning, more harrowing details came to light. The Sun
As David Corn observes, questioning the intent of major donors who wish to attack candidates while hiding in anonymity is hardly an enemies list. John Wellington Ennis: When Karl Rove Squeals, You're Doing Something Right
The cross-questioning ranged from his birth, family background, education, hobbies, language proficiency to, most disgracefully, whether he had defaulted on a mission assigned by his superiors.
Herring begins a tour of typically questioning jokes and anecdotes about love. Times, Sunday Times
Presently he rose up and set before each young man some meat in a charger and drink in a large mazer, treating me in like manner; and after that they sat questioning me concerning my adventures and what had betided me: and I kept telling them my tale till the night was far spent. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
People surged along the sidewalk, crowding, questioning, filling the air with rumours and inconsequent surmises. Mrs.
You don't have to agree with all of his scriptural interpretations, sermons or op-ed pieces to appreciate the conscience and self-questioning that informed -- and strengthened -- his beliefs. An appreciation: the Rev. Peter Gomes
The style of dealing with patients changed from passive listening to active questioning. Times, Sunday Times
There is no questioning his enthusiasm and love for the game and you are always off to a good start when you have that kind of passion.
Whether it's the GOP, or the average citizen, someone should be questioning these 'spendy' programs Obama and his fellow liberals are trying to ram through, when they don't even read them to begin with. Trippi: GOP trying to turn Obama into another Jimmy Carter
From the gentle questioning of the First Sonata's introduction to the insanely entertaining Follia variations at the end, this is a recording that will open ears and minds.
Next, absolve all the implementers, practitioners and related agencies, under the excuse of 'complying with orders without questioning,' and then start giving the 'drafters' of the memos an out by transferring the decision for action to the states .... Propeller Most Popular Stories
It should be because we want to live up to the example of public servants like John Roll and Gabby Giffords, who knew first and foremost that we are all Americans, and that we can question each other's ideas without questioning each other's love of country, and that our task, working together, is to constantly widen the circle of our concern so that we bequeath the American dream to future generations. Obama saves Tucson memorial from the unseemly
Does she perform several different speech acts with the word, questioning, commanding, wishing, stating?
You'll find yourself questioning elements of your life that you've regarded as unchanging. Times, Sunday Times
Two suspects have been detained by the police for questioning .
The six cameras dotted around the court picked up her pinched and weary face as the Lord Advocate began questioning her.
Americans cherished an uncritical and unquestioning conviction that theirs was the best of countries.
Tax experts and politicians this weekend predicted a public backlash against the intrusive questioning. Times, Sunday Times
The group chairman faced hostile questioning from angry shareholders.
Questioning God is the ultimate blasphemy.
Herring begins a tour of typically questioning jokes and anecdotes about love. Times, Sunday Times
He is rather like me, a true skeptic whose passion for questioning emotionally held beliefs and outspokenness makes him many dangerous enemies.
The questioning of my wife was particularly cruel and inhuman. Times, Sunday Times
Other than that: Why does the media label unquestioning support of the gov't as "patriotism"? RNC Mailer Hits Obama: "It Used To Be Easy To Recognize Patriotism"
Many are now questioning the environmental and ethical implications of their investments, no matter how small. Times, Sunday Times
patrilineal" kids may face less questioning anyway. Undefined
Good patriotic American Christian Republicans have no trouble seeing that a Texan like George W. Bush deserves an "attaboy" for his use of extreme questioning because the results saved American lives. Zen and the Art of Hoaxes
Some observers interpret these symbols cynically, as opportunistic, basely commercial, unquestioningly nationalistic expressions of pro-war sentiment.
He was taken to Westlea police station where he still remains in police custody awaiting further questioning.
he followed his leader unquestioningly
It was a moment in time that marked the last great communal outpouring of a population's unquestioning faith and innocence.
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.
However, there can be little wrong in people of such a young and naive age recognising the inestimable pain and suffering that armed conflict inevitably brings and questioning the justification for it.
A Buddhist struggles to keep grounded about Tibet and China yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'A Buddhist struggles to keep grounded about Tibet and China '; yahooBuzzArticleSummary =' Article: Questioning some Western mythology about \'the old Tibet\ ', and the Dalai Lama\'s strategic alliance with - or use by - the US government.' A Buddhist struggles to keep grounded about Tibet and China
Popper emphasises both the importance of questioning the background knowledge when the need arises, and the significance of the fact that observation-statements are theory-laden, and hence fallible. Karl Popper
Sounds to me like the Big Dick should be under psychiatric evaluation, since 72 separate incidents of inability to remember, under FBI questioning, surely must constitute some kind of diagnosable dementia. Progressive Bloggers

How To Use Questioning In A Sentence

Report a problem

Please indicate a type of error

Additional information (optional):