verb
definition
To ask questions about; to interrogate; to enquire for information.
definition
To raise doubts about; have doubts about.
definition
To argue; to converse; to dispute.
noun
definition
The action of asking questions; a survey; an inquiry.
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The act of challenging, wondering and doubting.
definition
Interrogation.
adjective
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Characterized by questions, inquisitiveness, doubt or wonder.
example
Why do you have a questioning look? Are you puzzled about something?
Examples of questioning in a Sentence
His tone was genuinely questioning, and she felt grateful that he was giving her the choice to opt out.
I opened the door to the questioning looks of the ladies.
She turned her head with a questioning expression.
Finally he glanced up and met her questioning gaze.
Any thoughts of questioning Cynthia about the happenings in the ice park never entered his mind.
They made small talk, questioning each other about the basics of their lives.
Again, she stole a look below and this time, he glanced up at her, a questioning look on his handsome yet ugly face.
He took off his wet felt cloak in a corner of the room, and without greeting anyone went up to Denisov and began questioning him about the matter in hand.
If she was, why was she constantly questioning him?
Her large brown eyes took in Lisa with surprise and she threw her son a questioning look.
True to his word, Dean refrained from questioning Jennifer.
Carmen waited until after the children were in bed before questioning him.
She turned questioning eyes on Connie, who shook her head in disbelief.
Slowly he lowered his head to hers and his lips found hers - warm and questioning.
They backed off and waited a day before questioning him.
I'm sure answers might be forthcoming via direct and persuasive questioning.
If he's dead set on questioning relatives, he can do it by phone.
Why are you questioning me?
She lifted her head, her eyes questioning his motive.
What was he waiting for - an answer to that questioning kiss?
She slowed her step and pointed at Gabriel with a questioning look.
Further questioning revealed that Byrne had signed out a pool company car for the seven-hour trip to Virginia.
By the time Fred had finished his questioning it was nearly midnight.
In the 16th century a spirit of universal questioning was rife, and it is this utter unsettlement of opinion which is reflected in the discussions of doubts on matters only remotely connected with " the faith once for all delivered unto the saints " (Jude 3).
He loved the reading of histories and astronomy, and by questioning travellers gained some knowledge of distant parts of the earth.
She felt all the time as if she might at any moment penetrate that on which--with a terrible questioning too great for her strength--her spiritual gaze was fixed.
Before I could answer Jackson, he began questioning.
Sean was supposed to serve her dessert laced with a sedative, so they could drug her and take her back to the station for questioning.
Cynthia used Martha's smile to pursue the reason for their questioning.
When she hung up, there was a questioning look on her face.
His story checked out, and after extensive questioning, the police released him.
During his in-and-out-of-it hospital stay both his wife and stepfather had refrained from questioning him.
Frightened and confused… Questioning everything about him…Thinking him a monster.
The questioning continued throughout the day but Dean's mind was not on it.
I can't believe you're questioning his interest in you.
Katie says you're questioning my intentions toward you and your property.
She ducked her head, avoiding his questioning gaze.
She gazed up at him, silently questioning his response, but he merely reached down and lifted her into his arms.
Alex rolled over and gave her a questioning look.
But if I ask you to leave, you will do so without questioning me.
Katie had her questioning his every motive.
As he worked his way back up her neck, her heart pounded wildly - and then his lips were on hers, warm and questioning.
If on each occasion he himself made the observations his voyage must have extended over six years; but it is not impossible that he ascertained the approximate length of the longest day in some cases by questioning the natives.
This second questioning was afterwards forbidden; but the prohibition was got over by merely suspending and then renewing the sessions for questioning.
Faustus Sozzini, a native of Sienna (1539-1603), much influenced by his uncle Lelio Sozzini, after a wandering, questioning life, found his way to Poland, where he succeeded in uniting the various Anabaptist sects into a species of church, the doctrines of which are set forth in the Confession of Rakow (near Minsk), published in Polish in 1605 and speedily in German and Latin.
He loved stories for their own sake, and found fault with Wace for questioning the miraculous elements in the legend of Arthur.
Christ lived on earth the life of man, and without questioning the equally genuine Divine element laid stress on this genuine human consciousness.
William of Tyre was once astonished to find him questioning, on a bed of sickness, the resurrection of the body; and his taxation of clerical goods gave umbrage to the clergy generally.
Birney's father was among those who advocated a "free state" constitution for Kentucky, and the home environment of the boy had thus fostered a questioning attitude towards slavery, though later he was himself a slave-holder.
In depth of philosophic insight, in the method of Socratic questioning often adopted, in the earnest and elevated tone of the whole, in the evidence they afford of the most cultured thought of the day, these dialogues constantly remind the reader of the dialogues of Plato.