inquisitor

Example Sentences

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Why, his inquisitor demanded, had Dillon, Read taken a disproportionate share of the profit from the funds it managed for the public?

From The Wall Street Journal

Miller also pointed to the dichotomy of Porter’s terse reaction in the television interview to Porter championing herself in Congress as a fearless and aggressive inquisitor of CEOs and government leaders.

From Los Angeles Times

When an administrator would question him, the man would say he was looking for a teacher or student to throw off the inquisitor.

From Los Angeles Times

You tell me, her inquisitor throws back at her, and she concludes somewhat hollowly, “I don’t know.”

From Salon

In one interrogation, she says her inquisitors tried to force a confession out of her.

From BBC