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Definition of Examining
Examining

of Examine

Having power to examine; appointed to examine; as, an examining committee.

Related Definitions:
An, Appointed, As, Committee, Examine, Examining, Having, Of, Power, To


Examining Quotations

I have recently been examining all the known superstitions of the world, and do not find in our particular superstition (Christianity) one redeeming feature. They are all alike founded on fables and mythology.
Thomas Jefferson

As I have discovered by examining my past, I started out as a child. Coincidentally, so did my brother. My mother did not put all her eggs in one basket, so to speak: she gave me a younger brother named Russell, who taught me what was meant by "survival of the fittest."
Bill Cosby

Deliberation, n.: The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is buttered on.
Ambrose Bierce

Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives' mouths.
Bertrand Russell

Let me just say something that I forgot, I also hoped and this was very true in the beginning - that this would also be a place that people would be able to walk in to the fountain and use it in a nice way of reading and examining the quotations on the blocks.
Lawrence Halprin

Remember above all that mental stability comes by examining the contents of the mind, not by avoidence.
Vernon Howard

This dragonfly came up to me. He was hovering right in front of my face, and I was really examining him, thinking, How does he see me? I became enlightened.
Ziggy Marley

While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it.
Marcus Fabius Quintilian

It is difficult to write about any form of mental disease, especially your own, without sounding as if you were examining a bug under glass.
Gene Tierney

I never think about the actual process of writing. I suppose I have a superstition about examining it too closely.
Anne Tyler

Examining Translations

examining in French is examinant
examining in Swedish is utforskande


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