1480 collocations for examine

I saw as soon as I went in that the desk was openhe had been examining Sir Horace's private papers.

Our ordinary disputes about property, are commonly settled by arbitration, where, as well as in court, each party is permitted to state his case, to examine what witnesses and to ask what questions he pleases.

He landed and examined the country, and found close to it St. John's Island, which he also examined.

She sat with him as he examined his books.

"We must go back and examine the ground, as Indians do, and find our entrance trail in that way.

Of course, with the amount of light given by my candle, it was not possible to examine each place, minutely, but I was enabled to notice, as I went along, that the walls appeared to be built with wonderful precision and finish; while here and there, an occasional, massive pillar shot up to support the vaulted roof.

Did the doctor examine the body?" "He made a cursory examination.

Again, if we examine the contents of the earth's crust, we shall find in the latter of those deposits, which have served as the great burying grounds of past ages, numberless lobster-like animals, but none so similar to our living lobster as to make zoologists sure that they belonged even to the same genus.

"I don't know if I expected this, but we'll examine the thing later."

But now we must examine the question not in the light of our sentiments or even of our hatreds.

" Jack Vance reconnoitred the passage, while Diggory and Mugford examined the room; but nothing could be found to account for the disturbance.

"I think there must be some mistake, for I examined all those pictures this very morning, and it is the first time they have been opened since our arrival from Europe.

As he turned down the sheet to examine the wound which had ended the judge's life, it slipped from his hand and fell on the floor, revealing that the judge had been laid on the couch just as he had been killed, fully clothed.

Pendennyss noticing an unwillingness, though an extremely playful one, to let him into the secret, examined the case, and perceiving her motive, smiled, as he took down another volume and said "I am not an Irish, but an English peer, Emily.

" John Randolph examined her face critically.

Uncle John turned from the window to examine the young man with new interest.

I think no man who dispassionately examines the subject, will be other than a Christian; and rather than remain bachelors, they would take even that trouble; if the strife in our sex were less for a husband, wives would increase in value.

For this reason he examines the object on all sides; for this reason he tears and breaks it; for this reason he puts it in his mouth and bites it.

During the first he was busily employed settling as many difficulties as he could, examining the general state of the country, and gradually growing into the change that was developing in the minds of the home government, the change, that is, from the Americanizing sixties to the French-Canadian seventies.

Diablo was much concerned and walked about examining the new work from every angle.

I allude to the shores of the Victoria Barrier, along whose coast the soundings examined were invariably charged with diatomaceous remains, constituting a bank which stretches 200 miles north from the base of Victoria Barrier, while the average depth of water above it is 300 fathoms, or 1,800 feet.

When I had somewhat recovered I began to examine the spot in which I found myself, and truly it seemed to me that I had reached a garden of delights.

[r]; and it was not till he had deliberately examined the matter, by those views which usually enter into the councils of princes, that he allowed that pontiff to exercise authority over any of his dominions.

Let us examine now with great serenity the conditions imposed on Hungary, conditions which are inacceptable without the most serious consequences.

I was particularly interested in the question, after witnessing the performances of this San Joaquin band upon the glaciated rocks at the foot of the falls; and as soon as I procured specimens and examined their feet, all the mystery disappeared.

1480 collocations for  examine