How to Use examine in a Sentence

examine

verb
Definition of examinenext
Synonyms for examinenext
  • You should have your eyes examined.
  • An accountant has been hired to examine the company's books.
  • He was examined by several doctors, who found nothing wrong with him.
  • The police examined the evidence carefully.
  • At the time, Davis' staff examined her spleen, liver, lymph nodes, eyes, and ears.
    — Dhruv Mehrotra, WIRED, 13 Dec. 2023
  • But one thing is clear — Caleb Williams does have options and doesn’t seem afraid to examine them all.
    — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023
  • For the new study, the researchers examined the teeth of 34 early Bronze Age people in Britain.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 June 2023
  • The Ivory Tower is often used to dismiss academia, and the metaphor is rarely examined for its virtue.
    — Harvey C. Mansfield, WSJ, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The six-episode series examines what drives someone to break the rules and what happens when they are caught.
    — Andrew Torgan, CNN, 18 Feb. 2024
  • The doctors and nurses wanted to assess her, to examine her.
    — David K. Li, NBC News, 22 Sep. 2023
  • The true crime story is a one-man show that examines identity, love and resilience.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 26 June 2023
  • In the new study, Riedl, Müller-Putz, and their colleagues examined the effects of videoconferencing on the brain and heart.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Jennifer Homendy, the board’s chairwoman, said last month that the F.A.A.’s actions would be examined as part of the inquiry.
    — Mark Walker, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The scientists examined satellite images that showed the loss of sea ice at breeding sites.
    — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Ducky examining the body of Vance’s old friend Tyler Owens, who may or may not have switched identities with Vance decades ago.
    — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Pic examines friendship with trans friend Harper on 17-day road trip.
    — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Jan. 2024
  • In all, the commission examined about two hundred statutes.
    — Robert Samuels, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2023
  • There are 24 stem, root, leaf and flower problems with this species as described here and some must be examined in a lab to diagnose the problem.
    — oregonlive, 4 June 2023
  • The team found that males did not weigh more than females for most of the species examined, and that differences in mass between males and females were not extreme for most species.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Patterson is one of the first Missouri Republicans to acknowledge a need to examine the state’s gun laws in the wake of the shooting.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Del Rio said at the family’s vigil that his office would examine if the deputies should have done anything else rather than resort to lethal force.
    — Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 3 Apr. 2024
  • The Washington Post examined text messages, photos and videos to create a video timeline of what happened on Jan. 6.
    — Tom Jackman, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The second part of this two-part account examines how the battle unfolded on the ground over the summer and fall, and the widening fissures between Washington and Kyiv.
    — Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2023
  • When the two met in New Hampshire, Lewis carefully examined it and compared it to a reproduction.
    — Emma Glassman-Hughes, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2023
  • The special will celebrate the roots of Black music, examine the impact on fashion, discuss TV and sports legends, and more.
    — Isabelle Butera, USA TODAY, 18 June 2023
  • What’s so attractive about examining the struggles of the proletariat, the vice of the bourgeois?
    — Holly Jones, Variety, 26 Jan. 2024
  • On May 8, the team published its first piece of ransomware research, examining the spillover effects of an attack in its own backyard.
    — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Nov. 2023
  • In the study, Middleton and the team examined the wax of a blueberry using an electron microscope.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Scientists would have to examine the fish’s ear bones or remove entire scales.
    — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Sep. 2023
  • This is the web version of The Trust Factor, a weekly newsletter examining what leaders need to succeed.
    — Nick Rockel, Fortune, 15 Mar. 2024

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