put to the question

Example Sentences

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What think you that your Syrian go-between will say when put to the question?

From Orrain A Romance by Levett-Yeats, S.

Sir John Eliot moved that it be put to the question, “because they that would have it, do urge us to that point.”

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 by Disraeli, Isaac

Well, he cared little about it, especially as the Inquisitor had decreed that, being a man of so much importance, he was not to be put to the "question."

From Lysbeth, a Tale of the Dutch by Haggard, Henry Rider

And be this one of the morals of my tedious discussion—'Let the little rogues who would not be put to the question, as I may call it, choose accordingly.

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 3 by Richardson, Samuel

The girl's name reached Sir George's ear through the listening-tube and she was at once brought in and put to the question.

From Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall by Major, Charles