quizzed

past tense of quiz

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of quizzed The attorney general used the same tactic when Durbin quizzed her about a July memo from her department announcing no new information had been found in its Epstein files. Emily Goodin, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2025 The exec was later quizzed why HBO Max Spain had not yet leaned into any of its more successful docs or doc series and expanded them. Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025 Egan quizzed the custodian on the relationship. Dan Kelly, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2025 All of the participants are new-vehicle owners, and they're quizzed at 90 days of ownership. Jamie L. Lareau, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025 The new show sequestered contestants for 90 days in upstate New York and quizzed them on whether news headlines were real or fake. Sydney Topf, The Washington Examiner, 8 Aug. 2025 The actors quizzed each other in a Vanity Fair game posted on YouTube. Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025 Hassan quizzed Kennedy on what Medicare Part A, B and C cover. Joseph Choi, The Hill, 30 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quizzed
Verb
  • Everyone has their own answer to that question, but who has the right answer when asked what the first Canadian novel was?
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Ansari had previously asked him to spec a watch for another feature—a request that gradually drew him into Hollywood consulting.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • White journalists reported that Bethea appeared drunk at the time of arrest, that he was interrogated by police, and initially admitted nothing.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Both Crimson Gold and Offside were banned inside Iran, and Panahi was arrested and interrogated after the former film was recognized at Cannes.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Greenberg questioned why Republicans are inaccurately labeling protesters in a way that could potentially draw violence.
    Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Acosta was also questioned about a photograph that allegedly showed Menchel skiing in Aspen with Epstein sometime in the early 2000s.
    Julie K Brown, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Leslie's murder went cold for years until two new detectives re-examined the evidence in 2022.
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Since the nineties, a number of studies have examined the long-term impacts of starvation on fetuses in the womb.
    Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2025

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“Quizzed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quizzed. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.

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