He has to do this because, for him, like the medieval inquisitors, no challenge to biblical truth is acceptable. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
But in the light of such deafening coolness, the inner inquisitor is easily drowned out. From Wordnik.com. [Kevin's Review: Iron Man - Raising The Bar, Big Time « FirstShowing.net] Reference
My inquisitor was a tall man in an ulster, with a green felt hat on his small head. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Standfast] Reference
The inquisitor was my old friend, comrade, and hero Steve Lafreniere, so it was a lot of fun. From Wordnik.com. [DC's] Reference
If the word inquisitor had been invented he could have worn it like an old coat settling into the dark corners of its meaning with comfort. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-01-01] Reference
Ask him to tell you the "inquisitor" story sometime. From Wordnik.com. [A long story about WiFi networking...] Reference
But the Speaker cut short the backbench "inquisitor" with a firm and loud: "I think the Prime Minister … gets the gist!". From Wordnik.com. Reference
Television commissioners increasingly wanted American-style chat shows in which the presenter is more a "stand up" than an "inquisitor". From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
"inquisitor" taken out of the text of the new decree. From Wordnik.com. [PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete] Reference
Alfred felt the inquisitor was digging pretty deep. From Wordnik.com. [Watch Yourself Go By] Reference
"Well?" pressed the inquisitor, a smile about his lips. From Wordnik.com. [A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life] Reference
"Stand straighter!" commanded the inquisitor before the mirror. From Wordnik.com. [A Son of the Hills] Reference
"And what does the name Hancock mean to you," said the inquisitor. From Wordnik.com. [Diary] Reference
The door closed, and Dellon remained alone with the inquisitor and secretary. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal] Reference
Limborch collects this information from Juan de Rojas, inquisitor at Valencia. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal] Reference
"What is your name?" interrogated the Count, with the air of a grand inquisitor. From Wordnik.com. [Rabbi and Priest A Story] Reference
And after he is stripped, let the inquisitor take him aside, and make a last effort. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal] Reference
Do you dread the admissions interview, fearing bizarre questions from a steely-eyed inquisitor?. From Wordnik.com. [Don't Show Up In Shorts] Reference
Lower in the organization, in the hypothetical staff meeting, the meeting CEO is the inquisitor. From Wordnik.com. [The 14th Banker: You Can't Hide Those Lying Eyes] Reference
To these observations the inquisitor made no reply; but seemed impatient that I should withdraw. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal] Reference
The inquisitor answered nothing, but beckoned him to go with him to a door at one end of the hall. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal] Reference
At one end there was a separate chamber, wherein were an inquisitor and his notary seated at a table. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal] Reference
France the inquisitor was confounded with the commissary, and all were supposed to be Dominican friars. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844] Reference
It requires the impudence of an inquisitor, or of the Archbishop of Westminister to deny their existence. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal] Reference
I now began to suspect that it had been in the mind of the inquisitor, from the beginning, to show me only. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal] Reference
Yet Bingham remembers her inquisitor humming a song, willfully nonchalant about the impending American onslaught. From Wordnik.com. [Shadowland: A Lesson In Fear] Reference
Dr. Buchanan paced the hall slowly, and in thoughtful silence; the inquisitor thoughtful too, silent and embarrassed. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal] Reference
At the opposite end, and near the inquisitor, Dellon was placed, and, hoping to soften his judge, fell on his knees before him. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal] Reference
While the tormentor is getting ready, let the inquisitor and other grave men make fresh attempts to obtain a confession of the truth. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal] Reference
Their conversation grew earnest, and the inquisitor was anxious to impress his visitor with the idea that the Inquisition had undergone. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal] Reference
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