How to Use inspector in a Sentence

inspector

noun
  • The inspector allowed the food to stay but with the cooler door properly shut.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Ramirez and his wife moved from Portland to Maui 16 years ago to work as a building inspector.
    Tom Hallman, oregonlive, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The inspectors later urged Westforth to submit the forms by email.
    Vernal Coleman, ProPublica, 11 Dec. 2023
  • The job was completed at 3 a.m. with mere hours to spare before the inspector’s next walk-through.
    Stacey Lastoe, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 June 2023
  • The inspector’s report states that tomato sauce was stored in a pot in a walk-in cooler at 60 degrees.
    Pam McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 23 Feb. 2023
  • According to a complaint filed by an inspector, X did not have a permit for the work.
    Bychloe Taylor, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Rose was traveling westbound on U.S. Route 35 and failed to stop for the inspector and troopers who were called in for help.
    Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 23 July 2023
  • Then, ask for a list of what the inspector will be checking during your inspection.
    Stefanie Waldek, House Beautiful, 1 July 2023
  • My mum was the owner of a very cute little fabric store in the heart of Antibes old town, while my dad was a police inspector.
    Katie Bain, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The forensic inspector at the scene that day was a man named Caslav Ristic, already a veteran at his job.
    Robert F. Worth, New York Times, 3 May 2023
  • But the dish that Michelin inspectors singled out in awarding star No. 3 was this stunning, melt-in-your mouth plate.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Dec. 2023
  • When the driver failed to stop, the inspector notified dispatch to send a marked patrol unit to assist, the case report says.
    Polo Sandoval, CNN, 26 July 2023
  • Need to make a complaint against a landlord or request a building inspector come out?
    Talis Shelbourne, Journal Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The inspector noticed a roach in the fine-dining restaurant’s flour bin, which cost Roots & Revelry four points.
    Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 1 Sep. 2023
  • The inspector informed the representative that the sign had to be removed.
    Cari Spencer, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2023
  • Juvenile inspector Rachel Zohar, a student at the high school at the time of the first murder, must revisit her trauma to solve the case.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The inspector noted an unclean rear walk in freezer floor that was unclean.
    Pam McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 28 Feb. 2023
  • In one case, along the 101 Freeway near the Vermont Avenue overpass, the inspectors found stacked tires, compressed gas containers and piles of trash.
    Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Five employees of Concrete General and one inspector were killed in the March crash.
    Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Tomato sauce was found not to be stored in such a container, according to the inspector’s report.
    Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Then, in 2021, inspectors found a wide range of violations.
    Vernal Coleman, ProPublica, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Worse still, the inspectors found babies were placed to sleep on their front (which is against official advice), and staff were found to be unaware of safe-sleep practices.
    Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Eight floors in the building were red-tagged by city inspectors as unsafe to occupy and remain vacant.
    Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2023
  • Well after the other cops have indulged in questionable methods and made up their minds, the inspector presses on.
    Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The case now before the Supreme Court is about a rule that tells commercial fishing boats to carry government inspectors.
    Clive Crook, Twin Cities, 10 Feb. 2024
  • And where Michelin inspectors pay for their own meals, 50 Best scouters are subject to no such stipulations.
    Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 17 Oct. 2023
  • No one showed up at that first meeting, but since a soccer field was next to the recreation center, the inspectors decided to go there and talk with area residents.
    María Ramos Pacheco, Dallas News, 14 Mar. 2023
  • These days, Suzie works in pre-delivery as an inspector on the Lightning assembly line.
    Detroit Free Press, 17 May 2023
  • Meanwhile, a spokesman for the city’s Department of Buildings said last May inspectors visited the new structure.
    Justin Ray, Robb Report, 25 May 2023
  • After Ember loses her temper and bursts a pipe in the shop, Wade, a chipper city inspector, comes flowing into her life.
    Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2023

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