cross-question

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cross-question
Verb
  • The current playoff format deserves to be thoroughly dissected and examined.
    Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2025
  • The authors also examined how these projections will accelerate the pace of aging in China.
    Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Every football coach is bombarding you with instructions and all these reminders.
    Tim Graham, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2025
  • This is all about iMessage, and Apple’s latest innovation to combat the scourge of malicious or just plain irritating text messages bombarding our phones daily.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
Verb
  • The baby boy was found dead in a garbage truck in Greenwich in 1986, and Phillips was initially a person of interest but never arrested or interrogated.
    Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 23 July 2025
  • After reading the questionnaires, the judge interrogated us.
    Denise Amos, Mercury News, 17 July 2025
Verb
  • Today, some 30,000 Druze and Christians are besieged—without water, electricity, food, or medicine.
    Nuri Kino, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 July 2025
  • Khader returned to Jenin briefly in December, smuggled in by friends while the camp was besieged by the Palestinian Authority’s security forces in coördination with the Israeli military, as part of a crackdown on armed fighters.
    M. Z. Adnan, New Yorker, 20 July 2025
Verb
  • The department published a serious note to its Facebook page early Monday after the Free Press asked about it.
    Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 14 July 2025
  • You’re asked to enroll your Wi-Fi smart thermostat in a bring-your-own-thermostat program.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2025
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Cross-question.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cross-question. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!