How to Use interrogate in a Sentence

interrogate

verb
  • Strangers love to stop skaters on the street to interrogate the ollie.
    Zach Harris, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2024
  • The Last Wish world premiere as a bonus), and has to interrogate all four guys from the losing team.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Broady leaned in, pushing the girl to tune in to and interrogate her senses.
    Danielle Dreilinger, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2020
  • Ho’s Sponge Round Cake interrogates this kind of use of force.
    Vivienne Chow, Quartz, 31 Dec. 2019
  • The next day, the Tribunal has to call in Bayleigh, Dee, and Kaycee to interrogate even though this is all just going through the motions.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 25 June 2020
  • Drawings can be funny and it’s okay to laugh at them and interrogate the nature of good and bad.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 21 June 2021
  • So there is the scene where the detective sits down in front of the female suspect to interrogate her.
    Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 May 2022
  • Jimmy and the other star then have to interrogate them about the statement, trying to catch them in a lie.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 21 May 2021
  • Big interrogates Kenny Boy, who decides to take the fall for the entire escapade as a way to protect the kids.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2023
  • If there's no Shara to interrogate, maybe her room has some answers.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 22 Sep. 2021
  • A lot of them had to do with interrogating her thought patterns and emotions.
    Lydia Wang, Women's Health, 5 Apr. 2023
  • There’s a scene in Torn where Max interrogates his mom about falling in love with Anker so soon after Alex died.
    Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Much of the news media, in turn, is eager to interrogate the president.
    Matthew Brown, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2021
  • The judge requested that Rivera’s home be searched and that he be interrogated.
    Kevin Sieff, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023
  • As Quell is interrogated, her captors attempt to shoot at her in an extreme test of both mind and body at the same time.
    Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 2 Mar. 2020
  • Agents handcuffed and interrogated the man, then put him in the room's shower.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2023
  • The open plan was ideal for the shot showing the teens who had been with the missing girl being interrogated by the officers.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 13 June 2024
  • And many of us are beginning to interrogate the purpose and value of our own labor, too.
    Cassie Werber, Quartz at Work, 28 Apr. 2020
  • Some detectives say it’s a tool to help build a case or prepare to interrogate a suspect.
    Sophia Kovatch, ProPublica, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Winter Soldier: Cap holds Nat up against a wall to interrogate her.
    Kelsea Stahler, refinery29.com, 12 July 2021
  • Kit Lesser’s screenplay opts to carve out a specific piece of the story and interrogate it on fresh terms.
    Mark Olsen Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2021
  • Loop her into the thought process for new ideas, and how to interrogate them utilizing data.
    Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2021
  • Rather, the officers have been interrogating dozens of 9- to 12-year-olds.
    The Economist, 6 Feb. 2020
  • At one point, the F.B.I. came to his house to interrogate his dad after his younger sister was seen taking pictures of buildings for a school project.
    oregonlive, 11 Sep. 2021
  • Together, the brothers track down the vamps, kill one, and interrogate another for the location of the nest.
    Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 20 Nov. 2020
  • The next challenge sent each couple into a room to interrogate each other while their friends watched on a screen in real time.
    Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic, 15 Aug. 2021
  • The participants meet eight suspects, all paid actors, and must interrogate them to solve the crime.
    Krithika Varagur, WSJ, 14 Mar. 2021
  • In truth, writing a memorable takedown—one that interrogates not just the subject, but the critic’s own stance—is an art of its own.
    Longreads, 16 May 2024
  • On our way to Egypt, however, Israeli soldiers separated me from my family, beat me, and interrogated me.
    Mosab Abu Toha, The New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2024
  • As for Erik, Murphy mostly interrogates the question marks around his sexuality.
    Lucy Ford, TIME, 24 Sep. 2024

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