inquisitorial

Example Sentences

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In a letter Mr. Bailey sent to members of the academy days after the vote, he wrote that the organization could not become “an inquisitorial court.”

From New York Times

Some Spaniards embraced the restrictions with inquisitorial fervour.

From The Guardian

“Keir is not a shouter or a screamer. He’s asking questions in an inquisitorial way, but he also examines the responses he receives.”

From New York Times

A model of inquisitorial technique, she calmly talked over him even when he was loud and insistent.

From The Guardian

Five years later, Robert Allan joined 59 others on a grand jury, “the first sitting of an inquisitorial body” since Seattle’s passage of liquor prohibition.

From Seattle Times