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.
  • That type of move forces a re-examination.
    — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • There is also an examination of the role of a father in the film.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 18 Feb. 2024
  • This examination did not start with us.
    — Brad Greenwood, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025
  • 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 play is unique in its examination of King as a man, rather than a legend.
    — Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 18 May 2022
  • There has to be a full, forensic examination of what just happened.
    — Jason Gay, WSJ, 20 Jan. 2023
  • In the end, the examination spans more than an hour and 15 minutes.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 27 Feb. 2026
  • All window glass was observed to be broken at the time of the scene examination.
    — Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 10 June 2024
  • An examination revealed that the sea lion had a fresh gunshot wound in its back.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 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
  • The windscreen will sent to a lab for examination, the agency said in a statement.
    — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Yet a closer examination makes clear what’s changed.
    — Mark Thirlwell, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • 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
  • But there are a couple of salient cases, and these deserve very close examination.
    — Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
  • The substance was sent to a city lab for further examination, police said.
    — Michael R. Sisak, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2023
  • The vet agreed to keep the cat overnight for examination the following morning.
    — Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The cross examination became so tense that the judge had to interject.
    — Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 31 Mar. 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
  • These injuries arose from the resumption of training and from the re-examination of old wounds.
    — Andy McCullough, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
  • The scene where the two children were found has been locked down for a forensic examination, the police note in their release.
    — Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • But after initial examinations, the Jays may be able to breathe a sigh of relief.
    — Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 24 May 2026
  • An initial examination at the scene revealed no signs of trauma.
    — CBS News, 16 June 2026
  • An examination of Mao revealed cuts on his head, hands, back and left Achilles’ heel, and blood stains on his feet.
    — Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 17 June 2026
  • Our focus now is on a thorough and transparent examination of the facts.
    — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 17 June 2026

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