I had to face a two-hour inquisition from my parents about where I'd been. From LearnThat.org. [www.ldoceonline.com]
This Wall Street inquisition is just political theater. From Wordnik.com. [Wall Street reform odyssey begins in Senate] Reference
It was the forecast to each man of what each man might expect in inquisition hall. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 3] Reference
The edicts and the inquisition were the gift of Charles to the. From Wordnik.com. [PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete] Reference
She then took a light and descended into the cellar -- here her inquisition was the same. From Wordnik.com. [Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father] Reference
All that is positively known of the inquisition are the questions and Kościuszko's replies. From Wordnik.com. [Kościuszko A Biography] Reference
In their notice, The Alliance had said that my inquisition was to be a closed "executive" session. From Wordnik.com. [One word that makes me feel better: "Justice"? Nah. "Revenge!"] Reference
The target of my inquisition was a nice young woman who was the spokesperson for a pregnancy resource center. From Wordnik.com. [LifeNews.com Pro-Life Headlines] Reference
The inquisition was the great machine, the comprehensive torturer, ready to squeeze out alike the heart and the gold. From Wordnik.com. [Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs] Reference
"inquisition" -- I was going to add the cross, but I recollect that unbelievers do not put that in their list. From Wordnik.com. [The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume 1, January, 1880] Reference
Minister's lawyer calls Senate inquiry an 'inquisition'. From Wordnik.com. [RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com] Reference
The independent daily Le Soir talked of an "inquisition". From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
"This kind of inquisition violates the spirit of the Constitution.". From Wordnik.com. [Christopher Brauchli: The Reincarnation of Joseph McCarthy -- Congressman King] Reference
The entry "Minister's lawyer calls Senate inquiry an 'inquisition'". From Wordnik.com. [RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com] Reference
In fact, it is believed, and the belief is well founded, that through the "inquisition" in the City of. From Wordnik.com. [Thirty Years In Hell Or, From Darkness to Light] Reference
Hopefully, you will be happy to answer a few further brief questions, without complaing that it is an "inquisition". From Wordnik.com. [The Hill News on Barton « Climate Audit] Reference
But looking at the treatment she's received by the media, it seems to me that "inquisition" comes fairly close to the mark. From Wordnik.com. ["Many people will express sympathy, but you don’t want or need that, because Trig will be a joy."] Reference
The Vatican certainly feels besieged; last fall officials warned of an "inquisition" taking place against religiosity in Europe. From Wordnik.com. [Taking On The Church] Reference
It is the ugliest kind of inquisition to be privy to. From Wordnik.com. [Long Island Press] Reference
Byrne himself had arrived, and the "inquisition" had begun. From Wordnik.com. [An Apache Princess A Tale of the Indian Frontier] Reference
Besides, it is a kind of inquisition that hath seldom ever been granted in. From Wordnik.com. [Pepys' Diary] Reference
Telegraph article comparing Lomborg's "inquisition" to that experienced by Galileo. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
A kind of inquisition tribunal was instituted, and, at a synod convoked at Lenezye by. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI] Reference
Mabey the churches should pay full taxes on their properties, then maby the new "inquisition" would cease. From Wordnik.com. [TimesCall.com] Reference
The powerful had found a haven from the kind of inquisition that their amiable host had himself pioneered. From Wordnik.com. [Blogposts | guardian.co.uk] Reference
During the commissions, Mohammed declared the proceedings an "inquisition" and said he wanted to become a martyr. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News] Reference
I must admit, I was disappointed (not surprised) by the fact that no one had the courage to request an expansion of the 'inquisition'. From Wordnik.com. [The Absurd Report] Reference
So Rev. Piper and everyone else who's tempted to call denying consent an "inquisition," I'll personally thank you to squash that drama. From Wordnik.com. [Stand Firm] Reference
"inquisition" taking place in the parliamentary justice committee. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
I suppose you thought you were quite clever by using the word "inquisition" ( ". From Wordnik.com. [Euskera, the Very Ancient Basque Language, Struggles for Respect] Reference
This may be just the beginning of a grander inquisition. From Wordnik.com. [Secrets And Leaks] Reference
At the first question the inquisition came to a dead-lock. From Wordnik.com. [Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day] Reference
A manager with a global IT firm went up for his inquisition. From Wordnik.com. [Worlds Apart: China And Silicon Valley] Reference
This opened up the historic inquisition into the agency's abuse of its powers. From Wordnik.com. [Daniel Schorr obituary] Reference
Schakne's simple questions came off as a cruel inquisition of an innocent victim. From Wordnik.com. [Eric Burns: The Golden Year of Television News] Reference
Such is the account given by Col. Lehmanowsky of the destruction of the inquisition in Spain. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal] Reference
This woman shall be brought into the assembly, and inquisition shall be made of her children. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 26: Ecclesiasticus The Challoner Revision] Reference
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