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In probing the pressures of expectation and prevailing scepticism in the British arts scene, Leigh has made a film about as self-reflective (and self-reflexive) as handsome heritage cinema can be.
But the tall young Sierra Leonean Lieutenant Adekule who led that patrol was also "probing " his enemy's lines.
In the second half Juventus gradually forced the Granata on to the ropes, probing their rivals' defences.
Nancy Mitford is always credited as the one responsible for bringing U and Non-U language and behaviour to the attention of the terrified middle classes, but it was actually Alan SC Ross who first started probing into sociological linguistics in the magazine Encounter.
The interviews, incidentally, were far more searching than the exams: I had to defend my opinions and answer, on the spot, probing questions on a wide range of subjects, not confined to history.
The research company's study questioned people across 10 broad areas, probing attitudes towards the digital revolution, healthcare, generational antagonism and immigration.
But pentesters who have begun probing them say that the quality of the security associated with them is years behind that of other corporate apps.
But Mr Dramat claimed in court papers that he was being turfed out after probing the Nklandla scandal.The South African Revenue Service, an apolitical tax collector, has also come under fire after clashing with the ruling party.
Western ships anchoring at Naha in the 19th century, probing Japan's closed shell, found a strangely old-fashioned people who wore their hair in topknots, slicked with seaweed paste and held in place with gold pins.
Other managers recently left in a furore over the firm's decision to dismiss an investigator looking at its iron-ore division and an American law firm probing allegations of fraud, which it denies.
Constitutionally independent, he must grapple with the pending prosecution of scores of former paramilitary bosses and drug lords, while probing hundreds of claims that soldiers have killed civilians and supervising the digging up of some 30,000 clandestine graves, as well as investigating common crime.
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The word "probing" functions as a present participle or gerund , often used to describe an ongoing action of investigation or examination. It can also function as an adjective, describing questions or inquiries that are thorough and penetrating, as exemplified in Ludwig's examples.
Expression frequency: Very common
