cross-questioned

Definition of cross-questionednext
past tense of cross-question

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cross-questioned
Verb
  • Point guard Jalen Brunson has returned to sitting on the Knicks' bench since his knee was examined in the team's locker room.
    Andrew Greif, NBC news, 4 June 2026
  • One investigation into hospice fraud examined the business and financial records of every hospice currently operating in Los Angeles County, applying the same indicators identified by state auditors as potential red flags for fraud.
    Laura Geller, CBS News, 4 June 2026
Verb
  • Why are children bombarded with marketing for foods that undermine their health?
    Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 30 May 2026
  • The area had been heavily bombarded in recent weeks, and an Israeli drone buzzed overhead, looping around the cleaved remains of nearby buildings.
    Euan Ward, New Yorker, 29 May 2026
Verb
  • Garcia was interrogated by Customs and Border Protection agents while on board the Viking cruise ship at the port in Charleston, South Carolina.
    Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, NPR, 6 June 2026
  • Over the next eight months, Shargi was interrogated for hundreds of hours.
    Bozorgmehr Sharafedin, The Atlantic, 1 June 2026
Verb
  • Bay Area content creator Kane Parsons pushes back on conventional storytelling, and his hypnotic approach results in one of 2026’s most exhilarating debuts, a existential head trip that GoPros us into a human subconscious besieged by misshapen memories that trap and hold you hostage.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 28 May 2026
  • Over the years, we were constantly besieged with inquiries.
    Gillian Telling, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026
Verb
  • Russian athletes are routinely asked to answer for the actions of their government, yet athletes from other countries are rarely subjected to the same scrutiny or treated as though they are personally aligned with war criminals or dictators.
    Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 7 June 2026
  • Wirskye then asked who was wrong that day.
    Dawn White, CBS News, 7 June 2026
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“Cross-questioned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cross-questioned. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.

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