EXAMINE in a Sentence

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For EXAMINE, below is one of 377 sentences:
'If he was coming here, he'd have come with the dog,' said Kags, stooping down to examine the animal, who lay panting on the floor.

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 Meanings and Examples of EXAMINE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
examine
 v.  test someone's knowledge or skill
 v.  check or study something carefully to discover essential features or meaning
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Seizing a half-consumed piece of wood from the smouldering fire, he blew it into a flame, and proceeded with its help to examine the little camp.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
2  One day, however, he arrived unexpectedly to examine the plans.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter V
3  "Or he may have fled," said Utterson, and he turned to examine the door in the by-street.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THE LAST NIGHT
4  They mounted the stair in silence, and still with an occasional awe-struck glance at the dead body, proceeded more thoroughly to examine the contents of the cabinet.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THE LAST NIGHT
5  Here I proceeded to examine its contents.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER DR. LANYON'S NARRATIVE
6  They were afraid to look; but they did examine it, and found no mark of violence, inside or out.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI
7  A light was procured accordingly, and the robber proceeded to examine the purse.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
8  Rebecca lost no time in causing the patient to be transported to their temporary dwelling, and proceeded with her own hands to examine and to bind up his wounds.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
9  Mr. Crawford was the first to move forward to examine the capabilities of that end of the house.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
10  The terror of his former occasional visits to that room seemed all renewed, and she felt as if he were going to examine her again in French and English.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
11  We had better inspect the premises first, and examine the servants afterwards.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
12  'If he was coming here, he'd have come with the dog,' said Kags, stooping down to examine the animal, who lay panting on the floor.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER L
13  By the way, in view of recent occurrences, perhaps I ought to ask Mrs. Hudson to examine its crop.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BLUE CARBUNCLE
14  Now, we must make the best use of our time, so kindly take us at once to the rooms which we are to examine.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND
15  Holmes refused to examine the third chamber, so we passed at once to the second, that in which Miss Stoner was now sleeping, and in which her sister had met with her fate.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND
Example Sentence: (167 in 12 pages)
16  Critically examine your work as if you were looking at someone else's efforts.
17  You examine a patient and then you decide whether or not to operate.
18  We shall examine into the affair.
19  We knelt on the ground to examine the tracks.
20  You need to examine every piece of evidence first.
21  An accountant will examine the company's books.
22  The study set out to examine bias in television news coverage.
23  Accident investigators will examine the wreckage of the plane.
24  The committee is going to examine the whole situation anew.
25  We examine the wording in detail before deciding on the final text.
26  Customers have only a limited amount of time to examine the goods.
27  There is, regretfully, no space in this article to examine all these issues.
28  Leaving aside the cost of the scheme, let us examine its benefits.
29  Now let us examine this idea in greater detail.
30  She should examine her motives for marrying him.