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How to use inspector in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun

Inspector means a person employed to inspect something. Example: “The UN inspector stated that the Australian government's migrant detention facilities were in effect concentration camps.”

Examples of inspector by meaning

nounA person employed to inspect something.

  • Martin had served as inspector general since December 2023.2025 February 11, Jennifer Hansler, “USAID IG fired day after report critical of impacts of Trump administration’s dismantling of the...

nounA software tool used to examine something.

  • Google Chrome has a built-in development tool called the Chrome Inspector.2011, Adam McDaniel, HTML5, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 166
  • After that, with the help of the disk inspector, you can at any time compare the status of programs and system disk areas with the original one.2020, Anatoly Belous, Vitali Saladukha, Viruses, Hardware and Software Trojans, page 112

More sentences with inspector

  • The UN inspector stated that the Australian government's migrant detention facilities were in effect concentration camps.From the entry concentration camp
  • The inspector checked the levelness of the floor before approving the work.From the entry levelness
  • The customs inspector subjected him to a rectal exam.From the entry rectal
  • You have to "tip" the inspector if you want a license in this town. Too much backscratching around here!From the entry backscratching
  • You must remake your bed, as per the inspector.From the entry as per
  • At any rate, no aircraft can leave this hangar until no fewer than three inspectors have signed off on it.From the entry at any rate
  • I brought the inspector in for a looky-loo.From the entry looky-loo
  • Bad practices were rife at the factory, but the boss stage-managed the inspectors' visit so that they did not see anything amiss.From the entry stage-manage
  • Inspector?” “Nah, get him out of here.” The meat-wagon boys got busy, and Benedetti went on.2012, William L. DeAndrea, The Hog Murders, →ISBN. From the entry meat-wagon
  • “The building inspector,” Selma explained to James, “is going to uncondemn us next month.1997, Lewis Gannett, Magazine Beach, page 56. From the entry uncondemn
  • Walkbacks, inspectors, and debuggers are the heart of Smalltalk's debugging facilities.1992, UNIX Review, volume 10, page 42. From the entry walkback
  • "Listening posts are more in your line by all accounts, inspector."1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London. From the entry squint
  • His actual, ambivalent-sounding title is inspector of the army.2025 December 1, Isaac Stanley-Becker, “The New German War Machine”, in The Atlantic. From the entry gaunt
  • Mdm Margaret Yeo, 77, recalls in English: “The way (the police inspector) spoke was slow and full of authority.2025 March 20, “‘I really trusted him’: Her sister’s quick thinking saved her from a scammer”, in The Straits Times, Singapore: Singapore…. From the entry MDM
  • Mascorro met the health inspector at the McDonald's, along with Hot Springs County Deputy Sheriff Shayna Cox and her drug-detection K-9.2023 October 5, Clair McFarland, “Thermopolis Cop Cleared In Fatal Shooting, But Illegally Broke Into Home”, in Cowboy State Daily. From the entry baby-changing station
  • Some inspectors will not test an automatic door opener if there is a vehicle parked in the garage under the opener.2003, Carson Dunlop, Principles of Home Inspection: Systems & standards, page 122. From the entry door opener
  • The Commission has the power and duty to supervize and direct execution and enforcement of mining laws and employ mine inspectors.2002, International Business Series, Volumes 6-7, Kluwer Law and Taxation Publishers, page 1. From the entry supervize
  • What the workers themselves thought of these horrible living and working conditions surfaced occasionally in the reports of the industrial inspectors.1989, John Higginson, “Copper, Community, and Death”, in A Working Class in the Making: Belgian Colonial Labor Policy, Private Enterprise…. From the entry nightsoiler
  • Inspector Meadows was a small man with a ginger head and what I considered a peculiarly irritating manner.1924, Agatha Christie, The Man in the Brown Suit. From the entry satellite
  • "I'm an inspector, mister man," replied the other.1921, Richard Washburn Child, The Velvet Black. From the entry mister man
  • Hiring more inspectors to patrol Lujhu’s industrial areas might keep unscrupulous actors from dumping toxic chemicals into streams or other polluting acts.2018, Eryk Smith, “OPINION: Extend the HSR to Pingtung? Let’s Talk After the Election”, in The News Lens. From the entry Lujhu
  • While the allegations aren’t new, CLC is calling on the inspector general to investigate whether Ross acted knowingly when he allegedly violated the law.2018 August 13, Cristina Alesci and Greg Wallace, “Legal watchdog wants Commerce IG to investigate Wilbur Ross”, in CNN. From the entry CLC
  • A discharger or an inspector simply can look to see if scum, or an oil sheen, is coming from a particular discharge.2017, Jeffrey Miller, Ann Powers, Introduction to Environmental Law: Cases and Materials on Water Pollution Control, West Academic, →ISBN. From the entry sheen
  • James brought his hand away and immediately jumped at the sight of Cole standing in the raw, calmly passing the bag back to the inspector.2011, J. L. O'Faolain, The Thirteenth Child, page 88. From the entry in the raw
  • On Thursday, the police arrested two labor inspectors from Yongji city in Shanxi who were accused of negligence and abuse of their powers, Xinhua reported.2007 June 23, David Lague, “China Tries to Contain Scandal Over Slave Labor With Arrests and Apology”, in The New York Times, →ISSN…. From the entry Yongji
  • The UN security council is edging towards a compromise resolution on Iraq demanding unfettered access for weapons inspectors to Saddam Hussein's eight presidential palaces.2002 October 10, The Guardian. From the entry weapons inspector
  • The word is that every petty havaldar, sub-inspector and police inspector, licensing clerk and petty official has to be bribed before he'll do his duty.1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 252. From the entry havaldar
  • Quality control, a separate department, spot checks first-line tubes ( those tubes passed by the inspectors ) for defects or other misinspections.1988, United States. National Labor Relations Board, Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board, page 2. From the entry misinspection
  • And you had to marry that yenta West Side broad from a family of ward politicians and punchboard gamblers of candy-store kikes and sewer inspectors.1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 201. From the entry yenta
  • Inspector Bell explained that many passengers try to throw a coin into the Forth, for "good luck," while trains are crossing the bridge.1950 March, H. A. Vallance, “On Foot Across the Forth Bridge”, in Railway Magazine, page 150. From the entry penny
  • The crew tore down the whole engine and reassembled it under the constant observation of an Allison inspector with Army inspectors continually checking the work.1943, “Manufacturing Simplification”, in Western Aviation, Missiles, and Space, volume 23, page 200. From the entry tear down
  • "Come, come, 'Orace," said the inspector, leisurely elastic-banding his book and putting it away, "you aren't supposed to be fishing down that hole, you know.1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London. From the entry band
  • A taxi carried out a “careless lane change” and the other vehicles could not stop in time, causing the collision, senior police inspector Lee Pok-kit said.2023 March 24, Kanis Leung, “Hong Kong traffic accident leaves 87 people injured”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the…. From the entry Lam Tin
  • As the reports are written for both the industry and general public, inspectors are required to use accessible language that is free from jargon but without 'dumbing down'.2021 December 29, Paul Stephen, “Rail's accident investigators”, in RAIL, number 947, pages 32–33. From the entry dumb down
  • RAIB prides itself on being able to send any of its inspectors to site with sufficient investigative skills and technical knowledge to gather evidence for any type of accident.2021 December 29, Paul Stephen, “Rail's accident investigators”, in RAIL, number 947, page 32. From the entry pride
  • We have a lead inspector who has a global overview of the investigation and will have site handback in mind, although we won't leave any stone unturned.2021 December 29, Paul Stephen, “Rail's accident investigators”, in RAIL, number 947, page 30. From the entry leave no stone unturned
  • “We bought gifts, sweets, toys, and creative boxes and organized a mobile group, which included juvenile police officers and district inspectors, and then we went to visit these families.2020, Assel Satubaldina, “Kazakhstan Celebrates International Children’s Day”, in Astana Times. From the entry Zhetysu

Meaning of inspector

  1. noun A person employed to inspect something.
  2. noun A police officer ranking below superintendent.
  3. noun A software tool used to examine something.

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Questions about inspector in a sentence

How do you use inspector in a sentence?
Inspector is used as a noun. For example: “The UN inspector stated that the Australian government's migrant detention facilities were in effect concentration camps.”
What is a short sentence with inspector?
“"I'm an inspector, mister man," replied the other.”
What does inspector mean?
Inspector means a person employed to inspect something.

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