How to Use examination in a Sentence

examination

noun
  • The victim's clothes were sent to the lab for examination.
  • The police made a rigorous examination of the evidence at the crime scene.
  • I have to study for the history examination.
  • On closer examination, the painting appears to be a fake.
  • The court ordered that the defendant undergo a psychiatric examination.
  • Read excerpts here, and find The Post’s months-long examination of the road to the war in Ukraine here.
    — Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2022
  • There is also an examination of the role of a father in the film.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 18 Feb. 2024
  • The play is unique in its examination of King as a man, rather than a legend.
    — Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 18 May 2022
  • Yet they were poised to crush him, in the final examinations and then in real life.
    — Daisy Hildyard, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
  • The bomb squad took the device to Rodman’s Neck in the Bronx for further examination.
    — Sheetal Banchariya, New York Daily News, 24 July 2024
  • Depp had his time on the stand and the next step in Heard's testimony is a cross-examination by Depp's team.
    — Mary Margaret, EW.com, 9 May 2022
  • All window glass was observed to be broken at the time of the scene examination.
    — Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 10 June 2024
  • Much will depend on how the economy evolves over the next few months — and whether any new shocks thwart the Fed’s careful examination of the post-covid world.
    — Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2023
  • The follow-up examinations of NGC 5084 helped the team see this galaxy and its sideways black hole across a wide range of light wavelengths.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Rushdie knows a thing or two about the importance of ideas, their examination and their free exchange.
    — The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 11 May 2025
  • On cross-examination, one of Depp’s lawyers, Camille Vasquez, continued to paint Heard as a liar.
    — Emily Yahr, Washington Post, 26 May 2022
  • In practice, that means that accounts of wards can — and do — go years without any kind of examination.
    — Jake Pearson, ProPublica, 20 Mar. 2024
  • A day later, the palace announced there would be an examination into the claims.
    — Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com, 29 June 2022
  • In a lab examination last week, the NTSB determined the part had come apart prior to impact.
    — Dominic Gates and Sarah Grace Taylor, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Oct. 2022
  • That account, however, could open him up for the first time to cross examination on the witness stand.
    — Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2025
  • An all-too-rare examination of Whiteness, in the hands of a warm and humane storyteller.
    — Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The examination of the human cost of conflict, and of love and hope trying to thrive within it, resonates more than ever.
    — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 7 Dec. 2023
  • The threats are said not to have been racist in nature, and he was released after a day and a half of examination and observation.
    — The Editors, National Review, 17 May 2022
  • After a brief sideline examination, the Lions called for a cart to take Walker to the locker room.
    — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 25 Sep. 2022
  • There has to be a full, forensic examination of what just happened.
    — Jason Gay, WSJ, 20 Jan. 2023
  • An examination revealed that the sea lion had a fresh gunshot wound in its back.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Perhaps the best sign for Worthy comes from a closer examination of Reid’s words.
    — Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2024
  • During an examination by a doctor, the teen showed no remorse for the attack and laughed when he was told about her injuries, Scott said.
    — Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 21 June 2024
  • Instead, the functional analysis test requires a thorough analysis of the facts and a careful examination of the partner’s role in the enterprise.
    — Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
  • Under this more searching examination, the state must identify an important objective and show the law helps accomplish it.
    — Mark Sherman, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2025

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