How to Use examine in a Sentence
examine
verb- You should have your eyes examined.
- An accountant has been hired to examine the company's books.
- He was examined by several doctors, who found nothing wrong with him.
- The police examined the evidence carefully.
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Grab a mirror and examine the hair on the crown of your head.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 May 2022
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The justices kept the law on hold but sent the case back to the trial court to examine the ban further.
—John Hanna, ajc, 27 Mar. 2023
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The airline hired the firm Oliver Wyman to examine what went wrong and how to fix it.
—Lori Aratani and Ian Duncan, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Feb. 2023
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The doctor uses the camera to examine the tissues in and around the uterus.
—Rena Goldman, Health, 31 Jan. 2025
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The polyp is then sent to a lab to be examined by a pathologist.
—Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 12 July 2024
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At the time, Davis' staff examined her spleen, liver, lymph nodes, eyes, and ears.
—Dhruv Mehrotra, WIRED, 13 Dec. 2023
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Musk waived the right to examine their books and records and all of this before signing the agreement.
—Scott Nover, Quartz, 7 June 2022
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But one thing is clear — Caleb Williams does have options and doesn’t seem afraid to examine them all.
—Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023
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For the new study, the researchers examined the teeth of 34 early Bronze Age people in Britain.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 June 2023
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The Ivory Tower is often used to dismiss academia, and the metaphor is rarely examined for its virtue.
—Harvey C. Mansfield, WSJ, 11 Jan. 2024
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The six-episode series examines what drives someone to break the rules and what happens when they are caught.
—Andrew Torgan, CNN, 18 Feb. 2024
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That’s not a ton of ball to examine, but that’s not nothing either.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2025
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Take some time to examine your accounts and make sure everything is on the up and up.
—Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2022
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According to Bloomberg, the case will be the first time the Supreme Court will directly examine this law since it was passed in 1996.
—Justin Klawans, The Week, 3 Oct. 2022
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Remove the chimney cap and examine the chimney crown and any flashing that may be present.
—Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 15 Dec. 2022
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Cramer also examined stocks that have been seeing gains on the S&P 600 — the S&P’s small cap index — as investors sell the mega caps.
—Julie Coleman, CNBC, 24 July 2024
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With that in mind, The Athletic will examine the state of play each week as the fight intensifies.
—Sam Lee, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
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Rather than just growing for the sake of growing in 2023, teams will need to grow with purpose, and founders will be forced to examine what the market needs.
—Abdullah Snobar, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
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Instead, doctors will examine you, do blood work, and maybe a few other tests to find out what’s causing the cold sweats, and treat the cause.
—Erica Sweeney, Men's Health, 11 Nov. 2022
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Specifically, examine the lugs, which are the bumps on the outsole.
—Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2022
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Let’s examine the conditions on this pick, what could happen over these last three games and what the Rangers’ options are.
—Arthur Staple, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
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Armed with that information, the team examined the admiralty charts in the area and scanned the seabed in the local area in attempt to find the ship.
—Issy Ronald, CNN, 16 Aug. 2024
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The children on the bus were examined by a school nurse before they were put on another bus and taken to school.
—Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 12 May 2023
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The doctors and nurses wanted to assess her, to examine her.
—David K. Li, NBC News, 22 Sep. 2023
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The Deloitte clearinghouse will examine all deals worth more than $600 .
—Alex Sherman, CNBC, 12 June 2025
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Jurors would listen to witnesses, examine evidence and then name a suspect.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 13 June 2025
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