Questioning can be categorized as a noun, a verb and an adjective.
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| questioning - perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know); "he had a quizzical expression" | ||
| questioning - marked by or given to doubt; "a skeptical attitude"; "a skeptical listener" | ||
| questioning - showing curiosity; "if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive"; "raised a speculative eyebrow" | ||
Verb |
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| question - pose a question | ||
| question - challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of; "We must question your judgment in this matter" | ||
| question - pose a series of questions to; "The suspect was questioned by the police"; "We questioned the survivor about the details of the explosion" | ||
| question - conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting | ||
| question - place in doubt or express doubtful speculation; "I wonder whether this was the right thing to do"; "she wondered whether it would snow tonight" | ||
Noun |
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| questioning - a request for information |
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| 1. | verb | Now, it is only natural that news reports questioning Bush’s service — in The Boston Globe and The New York Times, on CBS and in other outlets — would come out now. | |
| 2. | verb | The police have hauled in a suspect for questioning. | |
| 3. | verb | I was pressed by their questioning and slipped into telling an obvious lie. | |
| 4. | verb | You're not a serious mathematician unless you crumple up a piece of paper in frustration every twenty minutes, look off into space, and appear to be questioning your very existence. | |
| 5. | verb | Tom was detained for questioning. | |
| 6. | verb | Christopher was still wanted for questioning over the disappearance of several cats in the town where he grew up. | |
| 7. | verb | The police detained several suspects for questioning. | |
| 8. | verb | The police are questioning Tom. | |
| 9. | verb | I'm not questioning your competence. | |
| 10. | verb | The police are questioning several suspects in this crime. | |
| 11. | verb | Why are the police questioning Tom? | |
| 12. | verb | The police have picked Tom up for questioning. | |
| 13. | verb | Are you questioning my plan? | |
| 14. | verb | Are you questioning my orders? | |
| 15. | verb | Are you questioning my motives? | |
| 16. | noun | There was a question about my training. | |
| 17. | noun | He asked a direct question. | |
| 18. | noun | The question of disease merits serious discussion. | |
| 19. | noun | He was ready to pop the question. | |
| 20. | noun | There is no question about the validity of the enterprise. | |
| 21. | noun | She called for the question. | |
| 22. | noun | Bush, in answering the question about the leader of Pakistan, also said: "The new Pakistani general, he's just been elected -- not elected, this guy took over office. | |
| 23. | noun | Earlier, Kerry said, “Just because you get an honorable discharge does not, in fact, answer that question.”. | |
| 24. | noun | I doubt he will be extradited to Venezuela, which is the only way that question could be answered with a Yes. | |
| 25. | noun | And MEK -- the Iranian (not Iraqi) terror group in question -- is itself unquestionably a cult: | |
| 26. | noun | Question Mark. | |
| 27. | noun | But to me, without question, they often know perfectly well. | |
| 28. | noun | (I know, ignorant question) Then why call them, or any other phonies 'Christians', even if they themselves claim the appellation. | |
| 29. | noun | A question: | |
| 30. | noun | In regards to death metal, the problem is, once again, a question of education, history and the vacuous lack of perspective in American culture. |
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| Now, it is only natural that news reports questioning Bush’s service — in The Boston Globe and The New York Times, on CBS and in other outlets — would come out now. |
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| The police have hauled in a suspect for questioning. | |
| I was pressed by their questioning and slipped into telling an obvious lie. | |
| You're not a serious mathematician unless you crumple up a piece of paper in frustration every twenty minutes, look off into space, and appear to be questioning your very existence. | |
| Tom was detained for questioning. | |
| Christopher was still wanted for questioning over the disappearance of several cats in the town where he grew up. | |
| The police detained several suspects for questioning. | |
| The police are questioning Tom. | |
| I'm not questioning your competence. | |
| The police are questioning several suspects in this crime. | |
| Why are the police questioning Tom? | |
| The police have picked Tom up for questioning. | |
| Are you questioning my plan? | |
| Are you questioning my orders? | |
| Are you questioning my motives? | |
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| There was a question about my training. |
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| He asked a direct question. |
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| The question of disease merits serious discussion. |
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| He was ready to pop the question. |
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| There is no question about the validity of the enterprise. |
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| She called for the question. |
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| Bush, in answering the question about the leader of Pakistan, also said: "The new Pakistani general, he's just been elected -- not elected, this guy took over office. |
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| Earlier, Kerry said, “Just because you get an honorable discharge does not, in fact, answer that question.”. |
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| I doubt he will be extradited to Venezuela, which is the only way that question could be answered with a Yes. |
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| And MEK -- the Iranian (not Iraqi) terror group in question -- is itself unquestionably a cult: |
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| Question Mark. |
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| But to me, without question, they often know perfectly well. |
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| (I know, ignorant question) Then why call them, or any other phonies 'Christians', even if they themselves claim the appellation. |
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| A question: |
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| In regards to death metal, the problem is, once again, a question of education, history and the vacuous lack of perspective in American culture. |
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