How to Use scrutinize in a Sentence

scrutinize

verb

• I closely scrutinized my opponent's every move.
• Her performance was carefully scrutinized by her employer.
• There will be much to scrutinize Biden over in the years to come.
  — Joseph Simonson, Washington Examiner, 12 Nov. 2020
• Many states have not yet had the chance to scrutinize the deal.
  — Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 22 July 2021
• The Free Press confirmed with two sources that the post was the one being scrutinized.
  — David Jesse, Detroit Free Press, 27 Mar. 2023
• And yet, by and large, YouTube’s game plan of giving less to scrutinize has worked.
  — Evelyn Douek, Wired, 17 Nov. 2020
• That’s why the banks’ forecasts for the year ahead will be closely scrutinized.
  — Tom Hudson, miamiherald, 12 Jan. 2018
• Now everything is a text to be scrutinized, whether the work can bear it or not.
  — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024
• The shooting already has been scrutinized by the council and the public.
  — Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 14 Sep. 2023
• Who would have thought a beer name could ever be scrutinized so much?
  — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 23 Apr. 2020
• Freshman Jake Allen was scrutinized at the end of his high school career.
  — Ryan Ginn, ajc, 18 Dec. 2017
• In June, the city pushed back to later this year a wide-ranging study session that will scrutinize the city’s blight woes.
  — George Avalos, The Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2024
• Few new coaching hires will be as scrutinized as the one at Arizona State.
  — Matt Murschel, OrlandoSentinel.com, 9 June 2018
• So far, the direction of travel for search is clear: scrutinize sources less and trust what you’re told more.
  — James Vincent, The Verge, 9 Feb. 2023
• Intrepid fans scrutinize each new snippet of footage frame by frame to find clues about the show's future.
  — Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 24 Oct. 2021
• Those plans are scrutinized and modified to fit the emotional structure of the film from scene to scene.
  — Hugh Hart, Fortune, 2 Jan. 2020
• The young signal-caller was scrutinized on national TV for weeks, some of it fair and some of it foul.
  — James Boyd, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
• And who knows, maybe one day Ninja will be as scrutinized as Messi.
  — Andrew Webster, The Verge, 13 July 2018
• Sanders’ health will also be scrutinized at the debate.
  — Philip Elliott / Columbus, Time, 16 Oct. 2019
• This is a good day to scrutinize your finances and make some decisions.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive.com, 14 Aug. 2019
• His play from game to game is scrutinized, but not without reason.
  — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 5 May 2023
• The prison system has long been scrutinized by the left for its overcrowding problem.
  — Fox News, 9 May 2020
• So the performance of this gadget will be scrutinized first.
  — Fortune, 1 May 2018
• The authors also scrutinize museums that deal with the thieves who steal their art.
  — Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2022
• In his view, the ban is the culmination of nearly two years of him and his team scrutinizing the app, not some knee-jerk move.
  — Sapna Maheshwari, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2023
• Some scrutinize their own world for clues, while others look out at the farthest horizons.
  — Nanette Asimov, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 June 2021
• Any long-term contract later agreed to would be scrutinized by MLB.
  — Jim Armstrong, chicagotribune.com, 13 Sep. 2017
• Other governors have had their use of the state plane scrutinized.
  — Phillip M. Bailey, The Courier-Journal, 3 Oct. 2019
• His background as a former Democratic donor who worked with George Soros, a villain for the right, has also been scrutinized.
  — Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
• Democrats and some moderate Republicans are expected to scrutinize Patel's record during the nomination and confirmation process.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024