Probe

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"Probe" in a Sentence (18 examples)

Probe into the cause of the accident.

Investigators are running a probe into what caused the crash.

I dare not probe too deeply, lest I uncover the awful truth!

The Russian space probe Luna 3 saw the far side of the moon for the first time in 1959.

Rosetta's probe, Philae, has successfully landed on the comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.

The mission will be considered a success if the probe reaches Pluto.

Voyager 2, a space probe, passed within 4900 kilometers of Neptune in 1989.

NASA has launched a probe called Dawn, whose mission is to travel to the asteroid belt. It will first travel to observe the asteroid Vesta. After collecting data from Vesta, Dawn will intercept with Ceres where it will observe its surface features and collect data about its chemical composition.

Venus was the first planet outside of Earth to ever be reached by a space probe.

The Soviet probe Venera 7 was the first probe to land on Venus.

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You know, XR178.9, we haven't done any anal probes in a while.

You listen here! We don't do anal probes like other aliens, but I'm about to make an exception!

Silverberg also gives the reader reader some excellent character insight; deep probes into the minds of all the principals bring the reader closer to the persons involved than might be thought possible with the plot so far removed from the realm of normality.

They launched a probe into the cause of the accident.

Insert the probe into the soil and read the temperature.

If you probe further, you may discover different reasons.

the growing disposition to probe the legality of all acts of the crown

It was exhilarating to watch him share a meal and then probe deeper into the cultures, the politics, and the heartbeat of the people of the city or country he was in. He seemed so learned, but not in any pretentious way.

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