How to Use inspector in a Sentence

inspector

noun
  • An inspector will come to check the plants for pests.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 28 May 2026
  • Stink and bugs tend to hit inspectors that way.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2025
  • That way, inspectors would know where to look.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2026
  • Health inspectors found a wet mop on the floor near the mop sink area.
    — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado may 8, Sacbee.com, 8 May 2026
  • One dancer sneezes on a client, who turns out to be a health inspector.
    — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022
  • The inspectors, for starters, don't seem to care much for old places.
    — Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 5 Nov. 2025
  • So who would these inspectors be?
    — CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
  • But food inspectors are going to stay on the job.
    — Filip Timotija, The Hill, 3 Oct. 2025
  • And the school devised a plan to keep you safe from the inspector.
    — Marc Silver, NPR, 25 Apr. 2025
  • The inspector found a pile of dead roaches in the back mop area.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 June 2026
  • Health inspectors found a dent on a can of nacho cheese.
    — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado may 8, Sacbee.com, 8 May 2026
  • The inspectors approached and asked to look in the back.
    — Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Last week, a building inspector found two beds on the eighth floor.
    — Roland Li, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Dec. 2022
  • That could have hurt or killed the monkey, the inspector wrote.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2022
  • Health inspectors observed a dead roach in the mop room.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Mar. 2026
  • No mice were found in the traps, the inspector wrote in their report.
    — Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Health inspectors found on light out at the hood exhaust.
    — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado april 24, Sacbee.com, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Health inspectors found an electric drink frother in the hand sink.
    — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado february 20, Sacbee.com, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Health inspectors found a pot with beef on the restaurant’s floor.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Food inspectors are sidelined but could be called back.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The inspector found dust around the vents in the walk-in cooler and a dead roach on the floor.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Feb. 2026
  • The anonymous inspectors pay their own way.
    — Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The inspector hit the raw meat that met the floor with a Stop Sale.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
  • An inspector has to have a very strong tolerance for blood.
    — Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The ninth had not yet opened for the day when inspectors visited.
    — Anthony Bettin, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Aguirre is seen in the video talking to a health inspector about food permits.
    — Michael Garcia, Houston Chronicle, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Health inspectors found a can of Raid in the restaurant.
    — Sarah Linn, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The inspector found food items stored on the floor and the hot water broken on the hand sink.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Health inspectors found one dead cockroach on the floor beneath the prep sink.
    — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado may 1, Sacbee.com, 1 May 2026
  • The inspector saw the back kitchen door open, exposing the kitchen to flies.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2025

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