How to Use inspect in a Sentence

inspect

verb
  • After the storm, we went outside to inspect the damage.
  • She had the car inspected by a mechanic before she bought it.
  • He inspected the soldiers' barracks.
  • The candles are inspected for damage before being packaged.
  • The man still had four and let the agents inspect them.
    — Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2022
  • Pull all the pieces out of your tent bag and inspect them.
    — Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Lift the faucet out of the sink and inspect it for debris.
    — Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Oct. 2024
  • The district inspects 36 pools in the Boise area, Duke said.
    — Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Confirm root rot by pulling the plant out of the pot and inspecting the roots.
    — Betty Cahill, The Denver Post, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Because the owl started to inspect the origin of the sounds.
    — Karen Hopkin, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Sergiy, who had lived in Bezruky for much of his life, went out to inspect the damage.
    — New York Times, 8 Apr. 2022
  • Pedestrians can inspect the steel of the horse’s mane and the rider’s loafers.
    — New York Times, 26 Jan. 2022
  • All the way, people inspecting the bridges along the way, guarding the camps at night.
    — CBS News, 5 Mar. 2023
  • After applying the first coat, inspect the paint job and wait about four to six hours for the paint to dry.
    — Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Aug. 2022
  • One of the women went outside with their handgun to inspect the noise, Barela said.
    — Amaris Encinas, The Arizona Republic, 26 Apr. 2022
  • The test will take a couple of weeks, then engineers will inspect the thruster.
    — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 28 June 2024
  • Lift the mattress to inspect the underneath side and the slats, rails and platform corners of the bed frame.
    — Sydney Borchers, Fox News, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Finally, inspect under the sinks in the bathroom and the kitchen.
    — oregonlive, 10 Jan. 2022
  • There were veins to count and stubble to inspect under hand lens.
    — Marion Renault, The New Republic, 20 Dec. 2021
  • Others from the team inspect the corals and identify the sediments and plants on the sea floor.
    — Sira Thierij, NPR, 26 Dec. 2024
  • All the tires were also inspected, and there were no issues found with any of them.
    — Alexandra Hardle, The Arizona Republic, 29 Feb. 2024
  • One official stood in a crater-sized hole to inspect the rubble.
    — Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 2 Feb. 2025
  • This gave him access to the Nissan app to inspect its backend.
    — Emily Dreibelbis, PCMAG, 5 Dec. 2022
  • As the crawler inspects Kiel Bay’s sandy terrain, a live video stream beams up to a computer screen in a cramped room aboard the ship.
    — Paul Hockenos, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Velez drops by to check his mail and inspect the property but never stays long.
    — Thomas Simonetti, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2022
  • But the police were not there to chase down and inspect the boats — just to act as a visual deterrent.
    — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The last ship left Ukraine on Sunday and was inspected Monday.
    — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 18 July 2023
  • No one should be okay with adults inspecting the bodies of young kids.
    — Chris Mosier, SELF, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Prince Charles will receive the salute and inspect troops of the Household Division.
    — NBC News, 2 June 2022
  • In the city of Novato, the local fire district has used those funds to inspect every house in town.
    — Calmatters, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2025

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