questioning

[ ˈkwestʃənɪŋ]

Definition:
1. The activity of asking somebody questions.
2. A request for information.
3. Marked by or given to doubt.
4. Showing curiosity.

Use 'questioning' in a sentence:

1. While such vigilant tracking of cancer is a good thing in general, researchers are increasingly questioning whether all of this testing is necessary for the elderly.
2. The police detained the suspected thief for further questioning.
3. In recent years, many people have been questioning whether it is worth the time and money organizations spend on trying to save endangered species.
4. Local people are questioning the wisdom of spending so much money on a new road.
5. I was able to draw his story out of him by patient questioning.
6. The suspect was brought in for questioning.
7. He persisted with his questioning.
8. After prolonged questioning she finally confessed.
9. This kind of questioning can be very intimidating to children.
10. It's a very old culture and they do things completely without questioning.
11. Can we just get this questioning over with?
12. She raised questioning eyebrows.
13. He raised a questioning eyebrow.
14. Questioning the value of a college education seems a bit like questioning the value of happiness, or fun.
15. After hours of questioning, the prisoner coughed up and admitted that he had stolen the jewels.
16. On the eighth day of questioning, she dropped the pretence that she was Japanese.
17. The police have detained thirty-two people for questioning.
18. They faced some hostile questioning over the cost of the project.
19. When they ( scientists ) stop questioning orthodoxy, mankind will have given up the search for truth.
20. However, few people realize the importance of basic skills. As is shown in the picture, the pupils in the class are questioning the necessity of learning basic skill such as multiplication table.
21. After hours of questioning by police, she made a full confession.
22. The police have taken him in for questioning in connection with the murder of a girl.
23. The suspect was taken to the nearest police station for questioning.
24. One man has been detained for questioning.
25. He may break under continuous questioning.
26. He was picked up by police and taken to the station for questioning.
27. All this questioning is so clinical – it kills romance.
28. Stop questioning me about my personal business!
29. Two men were brought in for questioning.
30. She raised a questioning eyebrow.
31. Detectives are questioning a woman about the child's abduction.
32. A number of suspects have been hauled in for questioning.
33. The academics identify five traits that are common to the disruptive innovators: questioning, experimenting, observing, associating and networking.
34. I prefer questioning my pupils to lecturing them.
35. After some further questioning, counsel for the prosecution said, "Take the witness."
36. He was taken to the police station for questioning.
37. Intellectual growth and flexibility are fostered on debate and questioning.
38. He elicited the truth at last by questioning all the boys in the school.
39. After hours of questioning, the suspect confessed.
40. A new study challenges that belief, questioning whether brains really can be distinguished by gender.
41. A man was arrested by the police and held for questioning.
42. Students are encouraged to develop critical thinking instead of accepting opinions without questioning them.