How to Use scrutiny in a Sentence

scrutiny

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  • Her opinion is based on a careful scrutiny of the text.
  • I'd never faced that kind of scrutiny before.
  • Because of their past crimes, everything they do now will be subject to scrutiny.
  • Some of the plot turns, too, don't quite hold up to scrutiny, though the final twist is a chef's kiss.
    — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 12 Aug. 2022
  • But the brass ring would be to bring A.I. scrutiny to fighters, both old and new.
    — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 23 Jan. 2019
  • But her videos also have opened her up to a lot of scrutiny.
    — Helen Santoro, Wired, 6 Sep. 2020
  • This isn’t the first time the central bank has faced scrutiny over its spending.
    — Lucy Meakin, Bloomberg.com, 27 June 2018
  • Some of the details of your story might not stand up to scrutiny, though.
    — Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Ahead of the second and final round of the election in four weeks, there will be more polls and more scrutiny.
    — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2022
  • The smuggling ring bust came when the jail was under heavy scrutiny.
    — Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 1 Dec. 2020
  • But the number of deaths and arrests has drawn scrutiny.
    — Vidhi Doshi, Washington Post, 12 July 2018
  • The killer himself started with the mask, which Ruben knew would be the greatest subject of scrutiny in the film.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The bank now faces scrutiny over an even uglier episode.
    — The Economist, 5 July 2017
  • But Spelling tries not to let the public scrutiny bring her down.
    — Kaitlyn Frey, PEOPLE.com, 20 Aug. 2021
  • And then the Three Percenters was the other group that got a lot of scrutiny or other sort of network of groups.
    — Leah Feiger, WIRED, 2 May 2024
  • Steer clear of anything that would suffer from the scrutiny of the world, as hiding from the truth does little good.
    — oregonlive, 13 Apr. 2020
  • No player in the world has played under as much scrutiny.
    — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2023
  • The around-the-screen arrangements of art and game instructions stand up to scrutiny.
    — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 12 July 2022
  • Why the car failed to avoid her has been the subject of scrutiny from both officials and the wider industry.
    — Chaim Gartenberg, The Verge, 22 June 2018
  • All of this has come at a time when Verdugo’s future with the Sox has come under scrutiny.
    — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2023
  • The moves came under scrutiny from some on the committee.
    — Ryan Gillespie, orlandosentinel.com, 19 Nov. 2020
  • The healthiness of beer has been under scrutiny for quite a while.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 26 June 2022
  • Still, those wary of Biden's age are putting more intense scrutiny on what the vice president has been up to.
    — Theara Coleman, The Week, 3 May 2023
  • It's ushered in fresh scrutiny of the decades-old plight of Palestinians.
    — Ariana Torrey, USA TODAY, 5 Oct. 2024
  • As pressure on the oil and gas sector grows, scrutiny of Chevron is growing too.
    — Katherine Dunn, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2021
  • As the face of Calvin Klein's jeans ads in the '80s, Shields was the face of public scrutiny from adolescence into adulthood.
    — Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 1 Mar. 2023
  • That office was the subject of enormous scrutiny from the media.
    — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 27 Sep. 2018
  • Matt and Abby Howard have long been the subject of online scrutiny.
    — Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2025
  • This time, under international scrutiny, and with the blood of a little girl on their hands, the Greeks did not push the group back across the border.
    — Lauren Markham, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
  • This bill comes at a time when the Public Service Commission, which critics have long accused of being a rubber-stamp for utilities, is facing unusual scrutiny from the state’s highest court.
    — Emily L. Mahoney, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2025

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