Something more than instinct caused her, after a time, to turn round, and scrutinise the plain in the opposite quarter.
They had not stayed to scrutinise the features; but the hat was still in its place--the sombrero of black glaze which Maurice was accustomed to wear.
So reasoned the fond father; who, beyond conjecture, was not permitted to scrutinise too closely the character of his child.
On saying this, the stranger rode a few paces apart; and appeared to scrutinise the country--as if to determine the direction which the travellers should take.
The four Comanches steal up to the door; and in skulking attitudes scrutinise it.
There were the three wooden doors, opening into three square stone-paved yards, each door provided with a small round eye-hole, through which the authorities might scrutinise the assembly within.
I felt, therefore, under no constraint, and followed every face with my glances, and tried to scrutinise them unobserved.
In a quiet firelit hour one must draw near, and scrutinise them afresh, and ask oneself what remains.
I do not say that contemplation is a duty, but I cannot help thinking that we are not forbidden to scrutinise life, to wonder what it is all about, to study its problems, to apprehend its beauty and significance.
Having fixed our hats up to the roof, wriggled and twisted a little so as to get rid of coat-tails, etcetera, all of which was effected previously to our having cleared Rue Notre Dame des Victoires, we began to scrutinise each other.
Many of those present became interested in the jurors, and strove toscrutinise their shadowy countenances.
The same practice was adopted in slowing off the machine, so as to allow the attendant to scrutinise the pattern and the position of the work, or in stopping the machine altogether.
Finally, in order to have him more under his own eye, to watch his acts, and scrutinise his thoughts, Andrew desired to have Clement for his own comrade, and the latter accepted this friendly offer as a signal favour.
There is no sarcastic person whose life, if you scrutinise it closely, will not be found full of vices and improprieties.
Fortunately Fernand does not see, else he might scrutinise them more closely.
The time has come to scrutinise it more closely, and ascertain if it be what he suspects it.
The young girl does not stay to scrutinise it; but shrinking back, cowers by the side of her sister.
Rube now returned to where they had commenced; and then once more leisurely advancing upon his knees, with eyes close to the surface, appeared to scrutinise the print of every hoof separately.
The gleam, long continued, had given us full time to scrutinise the ground.
In silence I continued toscrutinise the camp, but could discover no mode of approaching it secretly or in safety.
Secretary Milton" at that moment was probably anxious to con the phrases of a Dutch state-paper, to scrutinise into the temper of their style.
When wescrutinise into minuter parts, we are occasionally struck by some extraordinary similarities.
The atmosphere of Mars is usually very transparent, and fortunately allows us to scrutinise the surface of the planet without putting obstacles in the way m the shape of Martian clouds.
If the distance between the pair of stars forming a binary be four seconds, the orbit we have to scrutiniseis only as large as the apparent size of a penny-piece at the distance of one mile.
It was therefore a matter of great interest to scrutinise the vicinity of the planet while in the act of transit.
Every day they would scrutinise and count each other's customers, and manifest the greatest annoyance if they thought that the "big thing over the way" was doing the better business.
Von Halwig was not only vastly amused but intensely curious; his endeavours to scrutinise the face of a girl whom the Englishman had apparently conjured up out of the maelstroem of Berlin were almost rude.
Von Halwig's heels clicked, and his right hand was raised in a salute, so Dalroy was given a few seconds wherein to scrutinise the face of the terrified woman who had addressed him.
They have been summoned thither by a sign, which the traveller on the prairies of Texas or the table plains of Mexico never sees without stopping to scrutinise and shape conjecture about its cause.
By this he with the beard, speaking Spanish, has ceased to scrutinise the corpses, and stands facing his inferior, his countenance showing an air of puzzled disappointment, as proclaimed by his repeated speeches.
The importance of the subject renders {126} it necessary to scrutinise the facts which Lord Avebury has adduced in support of his conclusion.
It is useful to scrutinise Mr. Hartland's theory in the light of this class of facts.
For my part, I continued standing before her, waiting until she should address me, and glad of the opportunity to scrutiniseher appearance at my ease.
The performance lasted a considerable time, during which I had full opportunity to scrutinise the princess, and saw good reason to justify the high renown in which her beauty was held among her own people.
She turned to look at Rue as Neeland came up--continued to scrutinise her intently while he was presenting her.
He continued to scrutinise it in silence, then drew another carton prepared for oil from the sheaf on the sofa.
The Flushings' table was set by the side in the window, so that Mrs. Flushing could scrutinise each figure as it entered, and her curiosity seemed to be intense.
He continued to scrutinise the new trail for some moments longer.
He now raised his eyes, and appeared to scrutinise the trees that grew around the glade.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "scrutinise" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
