inquisition

Example Sentences

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Brace yourself: A&E’s “Interrogation Raw” has nothing on the inquisition scenes here.

From Los Angeles Times

Mr. McCarthy helped derail the creation of an independent, bipartisan, 9-11 style commission to investigate the events of Jan. 6. and has cast the select committee as a partisan inquisition.

From Washington Times

"Literary inquisition" is a well-known term in China, referring to various periods when intellectuals were persecuted during the country's imperial history.

From BBC

The measures were taken to protect the news outlet’s supporters, writers and editorial staffers in the “literary inquisition” of Hong Kong, Stand News said in a statement.

From Seattle Times

What you won’t get from “Let Them All Talk” is some memorable moral inquisition into authors who mine others’ lives.

From Los Angeles Times