Use questioned in a sentence
Sentences starting with questioned
- Questioned by the Coroner, he described the scenes between Orlando and Mazarine in the main street of Askatoon and at the railway-station, both of which he had seen. [11]
Sentences ending with questioned
- How quickly suspicion would rest on a lass whose respectability was questioned! [10]
- He rarely spoke, unless questioned. [10]
- But this simple statement is boldly questioned. [3]
- The Cossack was sent for and questioned. [2]
- He was a man the singleness of whose motives could not be questioned. [9]
- Anxiety grew, and he was questioned. [5]
- He was a favorite in the Langdon household, but his suitability as a husband for the frail and gentle daughter was questioned. [5]
- Whether the national Constitution in defining boundaries between the two has applied the principle with exact accuracy, is not to be questioned. [7]
- When the bill chartering the first Bank of the United States passed Congress, its constitutionality was questioned. [7]
- However that may be, its supremacy in neatness is not to be questioned. [5]
Short sentences using questioned
- Xanthe stopped and questioned him. [10]
- Euthymia questioned her point-blank. [6]
- Sherry questioned him. [11]
Sentences containing questioned two or more times
- A jury-list was made out, and Mr. B. L., a prominent banker and a valued citizen, was questioned precisely as he would have been questioned in any court in America: "Have you heard of this homicide? [5]
More example sentences with the word questioned in them
- I had not yet taken it when I last questioned the fortune-tellers of the sky. [10]
- Not for the world would he have questioned his sagacious old medical friend as to the probability or possibility of their being true. [6]
- I recalled now, with a shudder, that never since the spring of my grandfather's illness had my uncle questioned me upon my politics. [9]
- I questioned the wisdom of this. [5]
- He questioned everybody who could tell him anything about Maurice, and set down the answers in a little note-book he always had with him. [6]
- It maybe questioned whether these views have not interfered with the sound training of certain young persons, sons of clergymen and others. [6]
- I have questioned whether their delight was not like that of the Spartans in the drunken antics of their Helots. [6]
- Some, however, questioned whether it was not the work of a new hand, who wrote, not from experience, but from his or her ideas of the condition to which a story-teller, a novelist, must in all probability be sooner or later reduced. [6]
- We wondered how we could for a moment have questioned that she was one to be waited upon, and not made for the humble office which nevertheless she performed so cheerfully and so well. [6]
- When the man was seated on a sheepskin, the huge Mahommed squatting behind like a sentinel, David questioned him. [11]
- While Old Phelps was pulling himself together, and we were wringing some gallons of water out of our blankets, we questioned the old man about the "squawk," and what bird was possessed of such a voice. [4]
- Mr. Smith --that was not his name, but it will answer--questioned us about ourselves and our country, and we answered him truthfully, as a general thing, and questioned him in return. [5]
- At this Katharina was forced to support herself against her mother's arm-chair to save herself from sinking on her knees; with tingling cheeks she questioned the leech till he lost all patience and turned away much annoyed at such excessive feminine curiosity. [10]
- Witness after witness was called by the state, and questioned at length; but the cross questioning was brief. [5]
- The lower river was about bank-full, and if anybody had questioned my ability to run any crossing between Cairo and New Orleans without help or instruction, I should have felt irreparably hurt. [5]
- Then he called Tom McChesney to him and questioned him closely about our journey, the signs we had seen, and, finally, the news in the Watauga settlements. [9]
- Everyone was pleased to see Pierre, everyone wished to meet him, and everyone questioned him about what he had seen. [2]
- He is obliged to say "No" And then one discovers that the person questioned has been asked the question many times before, and that it is getting to be a sore subject with him. [5]
- It appalled her to find that she questioned phases of that religion. [13]
- Then he went to Clara's former residence, questioned the landlady and her servant, and finally interrogated the livery-stable keeper. [10]
- A personage, truly, to be questioned timidly, to be approached advisedly. [9]
- There was nobody to be questioned about him except his servant, an Italian, whose name was Paolo, but who to the village was known as Mr. Paul. [6]
- In truth, all three of these gentlemen wore, when questioned, such a sorrowful and injured air as would have deceived a more experienced politician than the new member from Leith. [9]
- The ropedancer remembered this statement, questioned other Bacchantes about these things, and heard the doctrine of the transmigration of the soul confirmed. [10]
- The obligation of this Government to make amends therefor could not be questioned if the injury resulted from any fault On the part of the San Jacinto. [7]
- I questioned whether the red wine could have something to do with it. [6]
- The prophetess kissed the poor desolate wife's forehead, glanced at her as if she had neglected her in some way, and then questioned the messengers with urgent eagerness concerning their news of Reuben, who had been dragged to the mines. [10]
- The next day the police questioned Tookaram, and he, too, gave a similar reply. [5]
- It had been the keen eye of Mr. Stephen Chippering that first had marked him, questioned him, recognized his ability, and from the moment of that encounter his advance had been rapid. [9]
- He made for the field and questioned the workmen. [11]
- There Sir William talked of the future, asked what Gaston's ideas were, and questioned him as to his present affairs. [11]
- Moses would as soon have questioned the seasons or the weather as Cynthia's changes of moods,--which were indeed the weather for him, and when storms came he sat with his back to them, waiting for the sunshine. [9]
- In Spain alone some of the best men--those who doubted and questioned, and without doubting there can be no progress--were eliminated during three centuries at the rate of a thousand a year. [1]
- On the whole, she questioned inwardly whether it might not be some subtle pleasantry, and smiled, experimentally, with a note of interrogation in the smile, but, finding no encouragement, allowed her features to subside gradually as if nothing had happened. [6]
- Not until Lady Schorlin questioned her did Eva confess what troubled her, and how she dreaded the venture which she had undertaken on her own responsibility. [10]
- He laughed, and said that he was coming, and then again, though with less persistency, questioned Roscoe. [11]
- Nicholas and Denisov rose, asked for their pipes, smoked, went to fetch more tea from Sonya--who sat weary but resolute at the samovar--and questioned Pierre. [2]
- But the inalienable right to the pursuit of happiness has never been questioned since it was proclaimed as a new gospel for the New World. [4]
- He questioned Dormy rapidly and adroitly, and got the story from him in patches. [11]
- Children were anxiously questioned, and young teachers. [5]
- I have sometimes questioned whether many libels on human nature had not been a natural consequence of the celibacy of the clergy, which was enforced for so long a period. [6]
- It may be questioned whether anything can be conscious of its own flavor. [6]
- Then Lali had questioned Mackenzie and Colvin, for she had increasing shrewdness, and she began to feel her actual position. [11]
- Katharina detained her, questioned her with a trembling voice, put the lamp close to her, and held her breath while she examined her face, her neck, and her arms for the dreadful spots. [10]
- Doltaire stopped and questioned her kindly, and in another minute he was driving the carter and another upstairs at the point of his sword. [11]
- When he was questioned by the experts to whom his case was submitted, he told them all that he knew about it almost without a sign of emotion. [6]
- The power was questioned at first by Mr. Jefferson, who, however, in the purchase of Louisiana, yielded his scruples on the plea of great expediency. [7]
- Many other votive pictures, the pilgrims at the inn, and a priest whom she questioned, confirmed it. [10]
- The Marches talked of these and other facts of their appearance, and curiously questioned whether this were the best that a great material civilization could come to; it looked a little dull. [8]
- By the law of the Church--she being a minor under twenty-one--it was her right to have counsel to conduct her case, advise her how to answer when questioned, and protect her from falling into traps set by cunning devices of the prosecution. [5]
- In the course of conversation he mentioned Moscow and questioned Balashev about the Russian capital, not merely as an interested traveler asks about a new city he intends to visit, but as if convinced that Balashev, as a Russian, must be flattered by his curiosity. [2]
- Lieutenant-General-and-Senator Peleg Hartington of Brampton, in his office over the livery stable, shook his head like a mournful stork when questioned by brother officers from afar. [9]
- As she was not disposed to talk, he watched her for a while, questioned Old Sophy shrewdly a few minutes, and so made up his mind as to the probable cause of disturbance and the proper remedies to be used. [6]
- Not being a newspaper reporter, he could not see either of them that night; but the officer questioned him suspiciously and asked him who he was. [5]
- And he, knowing my hatred of falsehood, questioned me not at all, but paced to and fro, I following him with my eyes, and truly sorry that I had given him pain. [9]
- She had questioned much concerning what had happened before the stroke fell, but Soolsby said only that the old man had been greatly troubled about David. [11]
- In former days Mr. Flint had not often questioned his judgment. [9]
- Why had he more than once during that period, for the first time in his life, questioned a hitherto absolute satisfaction in his position of chief counsel for the Northeastern Railroads? [9]
- The Major was more than civil; he was disposed to be sympathetic, but he had the tact to see that Mrs. Delancy did not wish to be questioned, nor to talk. [4]
- The abbot and magistrate questioned us, as if it were a matter of life and death. [10]
- Closely questioned, the Lieutenant's evidence was as round, complete, and lucid as a Japanese sphere of rock-crystal. [6]
- At the seance just referred to, my friend questioned his late uncle, through Mr. Manchester, and the late uncle wrote down his replies, using Mr. Manchester's hand and pencil for that purpose. [5]
- In its presence it could no more be questioned than the light. [9]
- At once, sincerity is questioned, and motives are assailed. [7]
- I was the instigator of the mischief, I pulled the wires, and if we are questioned let me speak first. [10]
- But it was in vain that he questioned the youth, for Diodoros could not reveal, even to his best friend, what it was that made him happy. [10]
- The Cilician took in his oars; Archibius and Dion entered the vessel and questioned the commander. [10]
- The sincerity of his appreciation of Howells, however, need not be questioned, nor, for that matter, his detestation of Scott. [5]
- Then they told him, each with his own tongue, and he smiled upon them and questioned them of all their speech by the way; and they answered him all honestly and with gladness, for the searching of their hearts was a joy and relief. [11]
- She now questioned him about Hosea and the woman who had sent the message, whether she was young and fair and whether any tie of love bound her to his uncle. [10]
- To-night she questioned him about his life, and how he should spend the summer. [11]
- When Trafford questioned Hester Orval more deeply of her life there, the unearthly look quickened in her eyes, and she said: "Oh, nothing, nothing is real here, but suffering; perhaps it is all a dream, but it has changed me, changed me. [11]
- Thereupon I questioned her in haste and fear, and she answered me with reserve, till, on a sudden, she cried: "It is killing me! [10]
- The lady questioned her closely, deeming that so young and comely a creature might be less stubborn that the old hag who had grown grey in sins; but Hind stood dumb and made as though she knew not our language. [10]
- With delicate irony he questioned Prince Andrew about the details of his interview with the Emperor, about the remarks he had heard at court concerning the Krems affair, and about some ladies they both knew. [2]
- When he did, he never questioned the bill, and, what was most important, whether he was sober or "warm as a thrush," he always treated Carterette with respect, though she was not unsparing with her tongue under slight temptation. [11]
- Often since I have wished that I had questioned Breed of many things on which I had no curiosity then, for he was my chief companion in the weeks that followed. [9]
- Something wonderful must have happened to him, and, without waiting to be questioned by the lady, he poured out to her the news that he would have been overjoyed to have shouted in the market-place for all to hear. [10]
- He, curiously enough, had some fifteen minutes before gone in at the same doorway, questioned the same floor-walker, and he found himself in due time walking amongst a bewildering lot of models on the third floor, followed by a giggling saleswoman. [9]
- But their self-love had received a wound, and they questioned each other what it was in their appearance made him doubt their ability to pay so much. [8]
- Berigord, when questioned, grimly replied that there was to be trouble, but whether with the fleet or the elements was not clear, and Iberville did not ask. [11]
- The old man grew more and more attentive as the Greek went on, and when he had finished raised his hands to heaven, crying: "Pardon me, oh ye eternal gods, if I have ever questioned the justice of your decrees. [10]
- And then my eyes sought Nick, for Mrs. Temple had faced her son with a movement that was a challenge, yet with a look that questioned, yearned, appealed. [9]
- Her fascinations were everywhere confessed a few years afterwards; and when I last met her, though she said she was a grandmother, I questioned her statement, for her winning looks and ways would still have made her admired in any company. [6]
- He always addressed everything he said to Maria, unless Barbara expressly questioned him, and when he at last rose from the table, ordered a good roast to be prepared the next day for the guest he intended to invite. [10]
- We inquired at every house we had passed on the way, we questioned every one we met. [4]
- Yet no one ever questioned his bona fides, and if he had attended mass at Manitou in the morning, joined a heathen dance in Tekewani's Reserve in the afternoon, and listened to the oleaginous Rev. [11]
- He had been discreet enough not to question people too closely where Mazarine's wife was concerned, but there was, however, one gossip whom Burlingame questioned with some freedom. [11]
- And then one discovers that the person questioned has been asked the question many times before, and that it is getting to be a sore subject with him. [5]
- They had not died by the gallows or the sword or the bullet, but they had died as commanded, and none had questioned his decree. [11]
- I said: "My dear, have you been questioned as to particulars? [5]
- With the stern composure of a soldier, he questioned both and learned that they were marching from the stone quarries opposite Memphis to their place of isolation on the eastern shore of the Nile. [10]
- Every day the commission of bishops came and questioned Joan about her Voices and her mission, and then went to the King with their report. [5]
- He questioned me closely upon my studies, and in my grandfather's presence I was forced to answer. [9]
- He received Nicholas brusquely (imagining this to be characteristically military) and questioned him with an important air, as if considering the general progress of affairs and approving and disapproving with full right to do so. [2]
- Thus it will be seen that Mr. Crewe knew perfectly what he was about--although no one else did except Mr. Tooting, who merely looked mysterious when questioned on the streets of Ripton or Newcastle or Kingston. [9]
- It may well be questioned whether Washington, with his grand manner, would be nearly as popular with what are called "the masses" as Lincoln, with his homely ways and broad stories. [6]
- He often lay back as though he were weary; and yet, when their Excellencies questioned him of any matter, he was ever ready with a swift and discreet answer. [10]
- He began to attend me, and I questioned him; but he said he had orders from mademoiselle that he was to tell nothing--that she, as soon as she could, would visit me. [11]
- He laughed blandly at her naive diplomacy but listened to what she had to say, and sometimes questioned her carefully about the Penza and Nizhegorod estates. [2]
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