Sentence examples for were interrogating from inspiring English sources
verb
To question or quiz, especially in a thorough and/or aggressive manner.
- The police interrogated the suspect at some length before they let him go.
She invited all of her girlfriends over and they were interrogating him.
The Lebanese security official would not speculate on Mr. Mreish's motives, saying army officers were interrogating him.
Elizabeth, trying to start a conversation with her daughter lately, sometimes feels as if she were interrogating a perp.
This e-mail led investigators to the cybercafe in Kashmir's Kishtwar district, where the police were interrogating suspects.
The MI5 officers who were interrogating al-Qaida suspects – men who were being tortured in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Guantánamo and elsewhere around the world – were agent handlers.
John Scott followed Officer Howell down a grimy corridor, past a row of small rooms where other officers were interrogating their parolees.
Writers were interrogated.
Imprisoned in soccer stadiums, they were interrogated.
Dozens were interrogated, detained, harassed and punished.
Officials said three Syrians on the plane were interrogated.
They were interrogated about their ties to the Taliban.
