Scrutiny

//ˈskɹuː.tɪ.ni//

"Scrutiny" in a Sentence (17 examples)

Corporate political donations are coming under heavy scrutiny.

The downside of fame is scrutiny.

The statement seems to make sense, but under further scrutiny, it falls apart.

Yanni will be under intense scrutiny.

Yanni came under police scrutiny.

The downside of fame is public scrutiny.

A difficulty of arranging their lips in this crude exposure to public scrutiny, an inability to balance their heads, and to dissociate self-consciousness from their features, was apparent in them, and showed that they were genuine country girls, unaccustomed to many eyes.

In 2004, as scrutiny and criticism of the study intensified, ten of 13 co-authors of the 1998 autism article publicly disassociated themselves from from it.

The new policy was under intense juridical scrutiny to ensure it complied with constitutional law.

Drug mules tend to be citizens of the countries they smuggle drugs into, as non-citizens are subjected to a higher level of scrutiny.

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Thenceforth I thought thee worth my nearer view / And narrower scrutiny.

So much for the occupant of the britscha, who waits, as all the horses are out at a ball or a scrutiny.

Younger [Customs] examiners, who, perhaps, have not yet acquired the intuition resulting from years of experience, seem partly responsible for the closer examination of incoming luggage. Not only is this closer scrutiny arousing feelings of resentment among passengers, but it is causing serious delays in the departure of boat trains, many of which have been reaching their destinations two or three hours late.

Certainly, upon closer scrutiny, it becomes apparent that current usage rather than eighteenth-century usage is the basis of the interpretation of fanny as a sexual term.

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A number of other mergers of U.S. railroads are mooted, but the I.C.C. [Interstate Commerce Commission] has made it clear that its assent to the N.& W.-Virginian proposal, which was unopposed by competitors or stockholders, should not be taken as an indication that others will swiftly pass its scrutiny.

The Returning Officer on the day appointed to make a scrutiny of the poll

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