interrogator

Example Sentences

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"I made a mistake," he says, his voice trembling as an unseen interrogator presses him about the deaths of members of Iran's security forces.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

When Yusra is relentlessly grilled by an Israeli customs agent on her first trip back home since her family fled the region in the 1960s, she has just one question for her interrogator:

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2025

He is a sweary, pompous and then needy figure, unaware of how much he is being exposed by his TV interrogator, Emily Maitlis, played by Ruth Wilson.

From BBC • Sep. 18, 2024

But in the finale, as his interrogator tells him, he’s done with the past tense.

From Salon • May 27, 2024

A bit of an interrogator herself, now that I think about it—same job as the rest of them, pulling sensational stories out of reluctant sources.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein