Sentence examples for they were grilled from inspiring English sources

The prisoners would be obliged to give only name, rank and serial number and if they were grilled further, America would be in breach of the Geneva Conventions.

Some of Britain's biggest energy companies have been accused of raising households bills for no reason and systematically overcharging customers by £3.7bn a year as they were grilled by MPs over their soaring prices and profits.

A panel of top Obama officials who don't even agree themselves about what to do in Syria did their best to stick to White House talking points, arguing against what Secretary of State John Kerry called "armchair isolationism," as they were grilled by skeptical, and sometimes hostile, senators.

A stack of chicken wings, marinated in a mixture of white wine, garlic and salt and baked before they were grilled, were just as seductive, though there were far too few of the celery and carrot sticks that accompanied them to balance the meat.

They were grilled about the political affiliations of AES employees, says an internal company e-mail, and accused of being unpatriotic.

Personally, I like to imagine that when the seven senior officials were arrested last week, they were grilled by a load of gawky federal agents with Polish surnames, fraternity rings, and coffee in polystyrene cups.

They approach her, she said, with highly targeted questions, as if they were grilling an investment counselor.

They were grilling me to confess my sins, and as each sin was confessed they called upon the holy spirit to drive that demon out of me".

They were grilling him about whether he was involved in attempts by sheriff's officials to impede the investigation federal officials launched in 2010 after inmates complained of beatings and other abuse.

They are grilled until they are black and then piled on the table.

Though they are grilled, they don't have a distinctively charred flavor.