verb
definition
To explore, investigate, or question
example
If you probe further, you may discover different reasons.
definition
To insert a probe into.
noun
definition
The action of investigating or exploring.
adjective
definition
That investigates or explores deeply; that attempts to elicit information that is concealed.
example
He was unsettled by her probing questions.
Examples of probing in a Sentence
His face was sober, the blue eyes probing her mind again.
He nodded, the topaz eyes probing hers suspiciously.
She nibbled on her lower lip and stared at the papers in her hand, avoiding his probing gaze.
He could give no satisfactory answer to any of this probing.
For a moment his gaze ran over her face, and then it found her eyes, probing her mind without revealing a single thought of his.
He sucked in his breath, his dark gaze probing hers.
He takes as much pains in laying bare the trifling causes of a petty war with Pisa as in probing the deep-seated ulcer of the papacy.
Police are probing nearly ten alleged scams a day on eBay.
She met his gaze, her stomach tense as she steeled herself against the response to her next probing question.
A few probing questions here may save some heartache later.
The spear probe is used for probing pads where solder mask residue may be present.
Probing will reveal a sulcus depth greater than the normal.
Adrena's gaze was probing.
Life is constant probing and testing, conjecture and refutation.
No amount of probing would budge them from their till now avowed stand on the incident.
Complex phase behavior of amphiphilic copolymers, and methods for probing structure in partially ordered phases.
Between probing the needles they'll give a quick flick of their wings.
System managers report a continual level of probing and attempted penetration.
Nagel wrinkles his nose at Lacey's probing beneath the published surface to reveal the underlying preoccupations of Hart's life.
In a hostile environment where an attack may be imminent, lowering these thresholds may record extra probing from an attacker.
Should this be the case, or if you are more than a little fearful of probing the innards of your computer, take it to a shop and have it done.
Should this be the case, or if you are more than a little fearful of probing the innards of your computer, take it to a professional for the installation.
Find out how long the school has had its program in force and ask probing questions about the kind of opportunities that graduates have found straight out of school.
The dentist then makes the final clinical diagnosis by probing the enamel with a sharp instrument.
Though it can take longer to find a match using this method, you will spend considerably less time perusing and probing the profiles of other members.
The best Valentine's gifts are from the heart, but sometimes even that takes a little probing when you're new to a relationship or you've just been together for so long you're all tapped out of good ideas.
Ask yourself probing questions to determine if you what you are feeling is the real thing or an exciting flirtation.
You may have to hint around, ask probing questions, or just take her shopping to find out if she'll want to wear a flower on her finger.
Thus the bill becomes a most delicate organ of sensation, and by its means the bird, while probing for food, is at once able to distinguish the nature of the objects it encounters, though these are wholly out of sight.
He focused his attention on the coffee in his cup, swirling it while he avoided her probing gaze.
Some or all of the anthers become twisted so that insects in probing for honey will touch the anthers with one side of their head and the capitate stigma with the other.
He was only quite at ease when having poured several glasses of wine mechanically into his large mouth he felt a pleasant warmth in his body, an amiability toward all his fellows, and a readiness to respond superficially to every idea without probing it deeply.