INQUISITOR in a Sentence

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1. A grand inquisitor might have envied that smile.
2. He uttered it with the dark finality of an inquisitor announcing an auto da fe.
3. Fearing being grilled ruthlessly by the secret police, Masha faced her inquisitor with trepidation.
4. The inquisitors used both physical and psychological coercion to force Joan of Arc to deny that her visions were sent by God.

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 Meanings and Examples of INQUISITOR
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
inquisitor
 n.  questioner, especially who is excessively rigorous or harsh; investigator
Classic Sentence:
1  He supped there with Cacambo; and after cursing the Portuguese inquisitor, the Governor of Buenos Ayres, and the Baron, they fell asleep on moss.
Candide By Voltaire
Context  Highlight   In XVI
2  A grand inquisitor might have envied that smile.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER XX—THE TRAP
3  He uttered it with the dark finality of an inquisitor announcing an auto da fe.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 18
Example Sentence:
1  Fearing being grilled ruthlessly by the secret police, Masha faced her inquisitor with trepidation.
2  The inquisitors used both physical and psychological coercion to force Joan of Arc to deny that her visions were sent by God.