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Definition of Scrutinizing
1. scrutinize [v] - See also: scrutinize
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scrutinizing
Literary usage of Scrutinizing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Pius X, scrutinizing the causes of Modernism, says: " The proximate cause is,
without any doubt, an error of the mind. The remoter causes are two: curiosity ..."
2. The Damnation of Theron Ware by Harold Frederic (1896)
"The doctor held the thing up to the light, and, scrutinizing it through his
spectacles, nodded his head in sedate approval. A grim smile curled in his beard ..."
3. The Damnation of Theron Ware by Harold Frederic (1896)
"The doctor held the thing up to the light, and, scrutinizing it through his
spectacles, nodded his head in sedate approval. A grim smile curled in his beard ..."
4. The Damnation of Theron Ware by Harold Frederic (1896)
"The doctor held the thing up to the light, and, scrutinizing it through his
spectacles, nodded his head in sedate approval. A grim smile curled in his beard ..."
5. Ten Years in Washington: Life and Scenes in the National Capital, as a Woman by Mary Clemmer (1874)
"... Multiplied — Sneering at Red-Tape — The Division of Labor — scrutinizing
Petitions — A Heavy Paper Jacket — The Judicial Division — Invalids, Widows, ..."
6. The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy by Ordericus Vitalis, Léopold Delisle, Guizot (François) (1854)
"higb and low, scrutinizing and punishing the acts of both \rith equal justice,
that his eternal laws may be plain to all. While the war was in progres, ..."