put to the question

Example Sentences

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If Mathew Kearney had been put to the question, he could not have concealed the fact that the human being he most feared and dreaded in life was his neighbour Miss Betty O'Shea.

From Lord Kilgobbin by Lever, Charles James

Nature, poetically says Dr. Reid, is put to the question by a thousand observations and experiments, and forced to confess her secrets.

From A Logic Of Facts Or, Every-day Reasoning by Holyoake, George Jacob

Partly for humanitarian reasons, Snarbi could not help being what he was, but mostly because he had no particular desire to be put to the question.

From The Ethical Engineer by Harrison, Harry

The case, well put, found strength in the contention that the last move had not been made, since the three most important characters in the play had not been put to the question.

From The Art of Disappearing by Smith, John Talbot

The story is, that it was put to the question whether Timocreon should be banished for siding with the Persians, and Themistocles gave his vote against him.

From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Clough, Arthur Hugh