cross-questions

A woman cross-questions the man she loves as the judge cross-questions a criminal.

Scenes from a Courtesan's Life 2007

Snowe were to blush and look confused, I should have to bid you hold your tongue; and you and I would sit out the present meal in some disgrace; but she only smiles, so push her hard, multiply the cross-questions.

Villette 2003

It was proved, by an intricate line of cross-questions, that once before, on a bitter winter's night, young

The Transformation of Job A Tale of the High Sierras Frederick Vining Fisher

Thirdly -- Trix ticked off the facts on her fingers -- there was the amazing little game of cross-questions.

Antony Gray,—Gardener Leslie Moore

Elizabeth Hunter had come to the judgment-bar; she could not escape these cross-questions, neither could she answer.

The Wind Before the Dawn Dell H. Munger

Then came another cross-examination of that unhappy man; then a series of cross-questions, after we had all gone into the hat again.

My New Curate P.A. Sheehan

The judge cross-questions both sides without any lawyers to interfere and the poorest wage earner can have his wrongs righted without a cent's expense.

Birdseye Views of Far Lands

M. Jacomet plied her with questions and cross-questions, and used all his power to implicate her in some inconsistency or contradiction; but his efforts were futile, and he was obliged to confess that he could not make out any case against the child, whom he allowed to go home.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 25, April, 1873 Various

Little by little she visualized the details of the gruesome evening and narrated them under the magnetic cross-questions of the criminologist.

The Voice on the Wire Eustace Hale Ball

At half-past twelve there was a peculiar scratching sound at the back-door, and Bess opened it and dragged Jem into her arms, whilst she poured into his face a fire of cross-questions.

My New Curate P.A. Sheehan