How to Use inspect in a Sentence

inspect

verb

• After the storm, we went outside to inspect the damage.
• She had the car inspected by a mechanic before she bought it.
• He inspected the soldiers' barracks.
• The candles are inspected for damage before being packaged.
• Pull all the pieces out of your tent bag and inspect them.
  — Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 13 Dec. 2023
• Lift the faucet out of the sink and inspect it for debris.
  — Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Oct. 2024
• Because the owl started to inspect the origin of the sounds.
  — Karen Hopkin, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2022
• All the way, people inspecting the bridges along the way, guarding the camps at night.
  — CBS News, 5 Mar. 2023
• After applying the first coat, inspect the paint job and wait about four to six hours for the paint to dry.
  — Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Aug. 2022
• The test will take a couple of weeks, then engineers will inspect the thruster.
  — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 28 June 2024
• Lift the mattress to inspect the underneath side and the slats, rails and platform corners of the bed frame.
  — Sydney Borchers, Fox News, 12 Nov. 2024
• Others from the team inspect the corals and identify the sediments and plants on the sea floor.
  — Sira Thierij, NPR, 26 Dec. 2024
• All the tires were also inspected, and there were no issues found with any of them.
  — Alexandra Hardle, The Arizona Republic, 29 Feb. 2024
• This gave him access to the Nissan app to inspect its backend.
  — Emily Dreibelbis, PCMAG, 5 Dec. 2022
• As the crawler inspects Kiel Bay’s sandy terrain, a live video stream beams up to a computer screen in a cramped room aboard the ship.
  — Paul Hockenos, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Sep. 2024
• Velez drops by to check his mail and inspect the property but never stays long.
  — Thomas Simonetti, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2022
• But the police were not there to chase down and inspect the boats — just to act as a visual deterrent.
  — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023
• The last ship left Ukraine on Sunday and was inspected Monday.
  — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 18 July 2023
• No one should be okay with adults inspecting the bodies of young kids.
  — Chris Mosier, SELF, 24 Aug. 2023
• Tires While looking at wheelbarrow wheels, make sure to kick (or just inspect) the tires.
  — Tony Carrick, Popular Mechanics, 6 Apr. 2023
• But officials inspected Michael Jordan and gave it the thumbs up to be weighed.
  — Alexandra E. Petri, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2023
• Every day, the woman checks a small clump of flowers growing among the rocks and inspects the soil around them, then drops a stone in an old mine shaft.
  — Caryn James, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Mar. 2023
• The pair were in the process of inspecting the very F-16 I was supposed to fly supersonic in the following day.
  — Jim Clash, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
• Your surgeon will inspect the inside of your knee and look at your meniscus tear.
  — Jonathan Cluett, Md, Verywell Health, 13 Apr. 2023
• The product is then inspected for any defects and a label is added.
  — Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC news, 11 Aug. 2023
• After the paint dries, the dock is partially flooded on Dec. 14, so that Rowsom can inspect the hold to look for any leaks.
  — Amy Davis, Baltimore Sun, 20 Dec. 2022
• When this happens, even for a few seconds, inspect the power strip for signs of damage.
  — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 10 Nov. 2022
• Airport officials would take the time to inspect runways while the flights were grounded.
  — Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2024
• The flood of documents has been too much for the agency’s employees to inspect quickly.
  — Stephen Hobbs, Sacramento Bee, 12 Feb. 2024
• One of the oversight agencies that inspects the lab has published reports that reveal a concerning number of safety breaches.
  — Abe Streep, The New Yorker, 27 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Jan 2025