How to Use probe in a Sentence

probe

1 of 2 noun
  • The FBI probe did not produce any new evidence.
  • Trump has since dropped the probe.
    Bobby Allyn, NPR, 6 Mar. 2026
  • None of them knew what came of those probes.
    Erik Ortiz, NBC news, 27 Mar. 2026
  • When was the probe launched and who launched it?
    Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 16 June 2026
  • Need to know Nvidia probe drags on.
    Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
  • That led to a wider probe of his conduct.
    Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Pearson was not charged in any of those probes.
    Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The third-party probe doesn’t come cheap.
    Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Here's a look at how the probe has progressed.
    Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 26 Feb. 2026
  • What has Powell said about the probe?
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 12 Jan. 2026
  • The exact details of the probe are still murky.
    Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 16 June 2026
  • The probe is still in its early stages, the report said.
    Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2025
  • There is no federal probe at this point.
    Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Blanche has also faced questions about his role in the probe.
    Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Again, the probe could result in new tariffs.
    Paul Wiseman, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Again, the probe could result in new tariffs.
    ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
  • He is pumped with drugs, and a pressure probe is sunk into his skull.
    Oliver Broudy, Men's Health, 17 Aug. 2023
  • This was the first time any country had landed a probe on the south pole.
    Emilien Coquard, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Iasiello wasn’t charged in either of the probes.
    Karen Wang, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Powell said the probe is a ploy to pressure him to lower rates.
    Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2026
  • There was no update on the gambling probe at the time of this writing.
    Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Powell has pledged not to leave the central bank until the probe is over.
    Andrew Goudsward, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Diddy probe could take months before feds decide whether to file charges.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Three people have been arrested in the probe.
    CBS News, 28 May 2026
  • Owning a beacon, probe, and shovel isn’t enough.
    Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The probe is widely expected to end in a new round of hefty tariffs.
    Paul Wiseman, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Single probes are ejected with the use of a green dot laser aiming system.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Some of those named in the probe did not respond to interview requests.
    Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024
  • The probe is ongoing, the people said.
    Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2025
  • This kind of bet is key to the sports betting probe announced Thursday.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025

probe

2 of 2 verb
  • Searchers probed the mud with long poles.
  • The doctor probed the wound with his finger.
  • He didn't like the police probing him about his past.
  • He didn't like the police probing into his past.
  • She probed the files for evidence that would help the investigation.
  • His questions made it clear he was probing for information.
  • Loves a through ball, loves probing defences.
    Tim Spiers, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Blume might have probed this kind of opaque friendship breakup in one of her novels.
    Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2026
  • But some of the questions probe deeper, Moots said.
    Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The paper does more than probe the past or keep tabs on the local felines.
    Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 24 July 2023
  • Jonathan Cute kept probing the murky realms between tourism and treachery.
    Adam Ciralsky, Vanity Fair, 19 Mar. 2026
  • One beam probed the system while the other served as reference.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Jensen probes her audiences about their mental health issues and breakups.
    Elahe Izadi, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2024
  • The tabloids began probing their private lives; paparazzi tracked them down.
    Liz McNeil, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
  • His job to is to probe allegations of bias and error, among other things.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 9 June 2026
  • Aaron plays along for a while, but eventually grows tired of all the probing questions.
    Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Staff members finished removing the tape, gave the dog a bath and probed the wound in his forehead.
    Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2023
  • His probing ways are unique, and his general hustle and hard play keep the team’s tempo present.
    Tony East, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Brain researchers would love to do that by setting a mouse free in a little playground while probing its brain.
    IEEE Spectrum, 9 Dec. 2023
  • Wainberg said researchers next will probe whether the drug worked better in certain of those subtypes.
    CNN Money, 31 May 2026
  • Bangs probed the source of the defendant’s discomfort.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Sep. 2025
  • In fact, there is a desire to probe, investigate and transform.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026
  • Concerned, his parents probed his stomach and discovered a bulge.
    Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 9 Apr. 2023
  • An expert physician would be given a former patient’s file and would probe for more detail about the case.
    Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Add broth to Dutch oven, cover and bake for 2 to 2½ hours, until meat is very tender when probed.
    David Tanis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Davis probed Usha during the interview about how her future return to work might look.
    Brooke Migdon, PEOPLE, 2 June 2026
  • Investigators are still probing the cause of the blaze.
    Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 1 Jan. 2026
  • For that reason, police are probing whether there is a connection between the deaths.
    Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 26 May 2026
  • His hair is frosted at the tips, carefully tousled; his eyes are alert, amused, ever-probing.
    Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2026
  • The camera becomes probing, inquisitive as chaos breaks out in the city.
    Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 8 June 2023

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