put to the question

Example Sentences

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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

Ford would, if put to the question, have maintained quite sincerely that he was perfectly indifferent to Josephine, but that she did have remarkable eyelashes, and a man couldn't help looking at them.

From The Uphill Climb by Bower, B. M.

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

The goat having performed his simple tricks in the presence of the court, and Esmeralda still refusing to admit her guilt, the president ordered her to be put to the question.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 05 — Fiction by Mee, Arthur

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