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Definition of cross-question in English: cross-questionverbˌkrɒsˈkwɛstʃ(ə)nˌkrɔs ˈkwɛstʃən [with object]Question (someone) in great detail; cross-examine. the Chancellor was cross-questioned by the finance committee Example sentencesExamples - Together with official histories, they provide a basis for cross-questioning the testimony in autobiographies and trial records.
- When cross-questioned in detail by members of the public about their attitudes towards the private finance intiative, for example, they had their answer ready: ‘Why do you have to be so nasty?’
- Only after some cross-questioning did I discover that the system would log me out after 15 minutes of inactivity.
- Should they too be cross-questioned by new EU thought police about their fitness to work in companies committed under countless EU directives to celebrating diversity and promoting equality?
- Third, it cross-questions closely the link between nationalism, militarism and patriarchy in the specificity of women's inclusion to and exclusion from the military.
- Her endless cross-questioning every night for two months pushed him into a divorce.
- But that does not mean that as Speaker I intend to submit myself to allegations and wholesale cross-questioning of my actions.
- But there is grit too, illustrated well in his persistent cross-questioning of Tony Blair's press secretary Alastair Campbell during a lobby briefing.
- It also cross-questioned me, but ended up giving me the information I wanted.
- Once he actually confronts her, his erotic drive is to break her down and force her to tell by persistent cross-questioning.
- They cross-questioned him and then recross-questioned him to check on his consistency.
- The flavour of his cross-questioning comes across in the notes kept by Hargreaves: ‘It's bad to kill.’
- The elderly man shook visibly under cross-questioning.
- The cross-questioning ranged from his birth, family background, education, hobbies, language proficiency to, most disgracefully, whether he had defaulted on a mission assigned by his superiors.
- Furthermore, he claims that wealthy young men with much leisure time on their hands follow him around as they enjoy hearing people cross-questioned.
- Arguing for such a debate, he said he wanted the chance to cross-question him without notes.
- Orders are given by courts - without cross-questioning or fair trials - to evict permanently land-less farm workers and their big families.
- Stranger still was that this programme about religious sectarianism failed to cross-question religious organisations.
- It does not amount to a licence to cross-question and monitor every single pregnant woman in the country.
- The biographer must always be doubted, cross-questioned, read between the lines.
Synonyms interrogate, question, quiz, catechize
Definition of cross-question in US English: cross-questionverbˌkrɔs ˈkwɛstʃən [with object]Question (someone) in great detail; cross-examine. it seemed ungrateful to cross-question him Example sentencesExamples - The flavour of his cross-questioning comes across in the notes kept by Hargreaves: ‘It's bad to kill.’
- But there is grit too, illustrated well in his persistent cross-questioning of Tony Blair's press secretary Alastair Campbell during a lobby briefing.
- Once he actually confronts her, his erotic drive is to break her down and force her to tell by persistent cross-questioning.
- Together with official histories, they provide a basis for cross-questioning the testimony in autobiographies and trial records.
- When cross-questioned in detail by members of the public about their attitudes towards the private finance intiative, for example, they had their answer ready: ‘Why do you have to be so nasty?’
- Should they too be cross-questioned by new EU thought police about their fitness to work in companies committed under countless EU directives to celebrating diversity and promoting equality?
- The biographer must always be doubted, cross-questioned, read between the lines.
- The elderly man shook visibly under cross-questioning.
- It also cross-questioned me, but ended up giving me the information I wanted.
- Orders are given by courts - without cross-questioning or fair trials - to evict permanently land-less farm workers and their big families.
- It does not amount to a licence to cross-question and monitor every single pregnant woman in the country.
- Stranger still was that this programme about religious sectarianism failed to cross-question religious organisations.
- Third, it cross-questions closely the link between nationalism, militarism and patriarchy in the specificity of women's inclusion to and exclusion from the military.
- But that does not mean that as Speaker I intend to submit myself to allegations and wholesale cross-questioning of my actions.
- Arguing for such a debate, he said he wanted the chance to cross-question him without notes.
- Only after some cross-questioning did I discover that the system would log me out after 15 minutes of inactivity.
- Furthermore, he claims that wealthy young men with much leisure time on their hands follow him around as they enjoy hearing people cross-questioned.
- Her endless cross-questioning every night for two months pushed him into a divorce.
- The cross-questioning ranged from his birth, family background, education, hobbies, language proficiency to, most disgracefully, whether he had defaulted on a mission assigned by his superiors.
- They cross-questioned him and then recross-questioned him to check on his consistency.
Synonyms interrogate, question, quiz, catechize
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