The inquisitorial power of the Senate. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The press was inquisitorial to the point of antagonism. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
I think I've said before that Letten and his people have a certain inquisitorial aspect to them. From Wordnik.com. [Your Right Hand Thief] Reference
Allen said BP and the government are working closely together, with the government holding veto power and adopting an "inquisitorial" stand toward the company's ideas. From Wordnik.com. [WRAL.com Top Stories] Reference
His fingers were steepled and his tone inquisitorial. From Wordnik.com. [Murder Without Icing]
Britisher and so responded to the call of his inquisitorial duty. From Wordnik.com. [Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben] Reference
You can argue for the inquisitorial system of Justice if you wish. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
But for this age of enlightenment her inquisitorial fires would still burn. From Wordnik.com. [Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America] Reference
His civility savours of government patronage; and his frown is inquisitorial. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 273, September 15, 1827] Reference
Against this false and more than inquisitorial doctrine, he solemnly protested. From Wordnik.com. [The Trial of Reuben Crandall, M.D. Charged with Publishing and Circulating Seditious and Incendiary Papers, &c. in the District of Columbia, with the Intent of Exciting Servile Insurrection. Carefully Reported, and Compiled from the Written Statements of the Court and the Counsel.] Reference
She was waiting, keyed up to meet his next tack, his next inquisitorial direction. From Wordnik.com. [A Lady of His Own]
Define these exactly: inquisitorial; lachrymose; laconic; surreptitious; contumely. From Wordnik.com. [Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day] Reference
But conversation will not bear such inquisitorial pinning down to a particular point. From Wordnik.com. [The Idler Magazine, Volume III, April 1893 An Illustrated Monthly] Reference
Most countries have -- there's a lot of European countries have an inquisitorial system. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 3, 2007] Reference
What unknown, inquisitorial terrors lay behind those dread, laconic words, Emmy Lou knew not. From Wordnik.com. [Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day] Reference
At some of the goldfields a curious plan was hit upon for evading these inquisitorial visits. From Wordnik.com. [A Source Book of Australian History] Reference
I can see the case for Diplock courts but I never heard that the procedure was inquisitorial. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Kenny found himself hazily adrift in an inquisitorial corncrib made of bars of moon-plated silver. From Wordnik.com. [Kenny] Reference
We could go on to inquisitorial courts after but they would take ages to get on the statute books. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
The three turned instantly and regarded her, all merriment gone, their eyes shrewd, alien, inquisitorial. From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
Can anyone clarify this point? btw I'm not saying inquisitorial procedure would necessarily be a bad idea!. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
But Spain was the citadel of darkness, -- a monastic cell, an inquisitorial dungeon, where no ray could pierce. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 73, November, 1863] Reference
And, as in case of the inquisitorial assassinations, the crime was proved to have been connected with a robbery. From Wordnik.com. [Mexico and its Religion With Incidents of Travel in That Country During Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events Connected With Places Visited] Reference
It is not inquisitorial, not even inquisitive, is perfectly well-bred, and can shut its eyes on all proper occasions. From Wordnik.com. [The Limits Of Inclusiveness] Reference
His voice floated over, sharp with northern aggression and tinged with an inquisitorial tone caught from tele-interviewers. From Wordnik.com. [Whip Hand]
This Court was fully constituted in December 1583, and proceeded by methods which Burghley himself held to be too inquisitorial. From Wordnik.com. [England under the Tudors] Reference
I felt as though inquisitorial Nazis in an old World War II film were burning the side of my head with a merciless white spotlight. From Wordnik.com. [Hearing the Sweetest Songs] Reference
I mean, he is usually presented to be as very stern inquisitorial visages, because that aligns with the public perception of the man. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 19, 2005] Reference
The survey was not effected without disturbances, owing to the inquisitorial power vested in the commissioners appointed to carry it out. From Wordnik.com. [London and the Kingdom - Volume I] Reference
For example, greater use could be made of the inquisitorial system which would place some onus on the accused to answer questions relating. From Wordnik.com. [RESOLUTIONS OF ANC PEACE AND SECURITY SUMMIT 31 AUGUST - 1 SEPTEMBER 1996] Reference
Indeed, he spoke of it with the peculiar love that we would suppose a Hungarian might bear towards Austria, or a Milanese to the inquisitorial powers of. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
Policemen are few, and the various inquisitorial boards and officers that make us clean and sanitary and safe in spite of ourselves are simply non-existent. From Wordnik.com. [A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia] Reference
Indeed, a more inquisitorial pursuit had never before been attempted, since the slightest chance, the merest accident, might result, as it did in 1876, in defeating Cornell. From Wordnik.com. [A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3] Reference
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