How to Use inspector in a Sentence

inspector

noun
  • And the school devised a plan to keep you safe from the inspector.
    — Marc Silver, NPR, 25 Apr. 2025
  • The inspectors of the Michelin Guide will make their call in April.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2025
  • One dancer sneezes on a client, who turns out to be a health inspector.
    — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022
  • That could have hurt or killed the monkey, the inspector wrote.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2022
  • Last week, a building inspector found two beds on the eighth floor.
    — Roland Li, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Dec. 2022
  • So, in most cases, if the inspector didn’t much care for the chicken, the restaurant was judged on that meal alone.
    — John Mariani, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
  • The inspector allowed the food to stay but with the cooler door properly shut.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The document did not explain how the inspector learned about the gifts.
    — Spencer S. Hsu and Clarence Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Apr. 2022
  • Ramirez and his wife moved from Portland to Maui 16 years ago to work as a building inspector.
    — Tom Hallman, oregonlive, 11 Aug. 2023
  • So, the inspector watched the employee get his hands wet.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 5 May 2024
  • The inspectors later urged Westforth to submit the forms by email.
    — Vernal Coleman, ProPublica, 11 Dec. 2023
  • The job was completed at 3 a.m. with mere hours to spare before the inspector’s next walk-through.
    — Stacey Lastoe, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 June 2023
  • According to inspectors, the HVAC in the kitchen was at 107 degrees.
    — Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 July 2024
  • Here’s some of what the inspector found: About nine pieces of rodent dung in the lobby behind the drink station counter.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 28 Jan. 2025
  • Boudin said a state inspector put one of the pistols together in less than a half hour.
    — Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Oct. 2021
  • The inspector noticed that the door did not latch closed unless the door was slammed, according to the audit.
    — Patrick Linehan, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2022
  • The current reinspection fees do not cover the cost of the city inspector's time, Baggett said.
    — Janelle Jessen, Arkansas Online, 22 Mar. 2022
  • Along with his career, Crane also served as the Crown Point fire inspector for eight years.
    — Jane Bukun, chicagotribune.com, 4 Apr. 2022
  • In 1950 the family moved to Hong Kong, where Mr. Cheung found work as a bus inspector.
    — Tiffany May, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2022
  • The inspector’s report states that tomato sauce was stored in a pot in a walk-in cooler at 60 degrees.
    — Pam McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 23 Feb. 2023
  • According to a complaint filed by an inspector, X did not have a permit for the work.
    — Bychloe Taylor, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Rose was traveling westbound on U.S. Route 35 and failed to stop for the inspector and troopers who were called in for help.
    — Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 23 July 2023
  • The inspector interviewed the family and looked through the house.
    — Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 11 Mar. 2022
  • That's a decision for the owners and health inspector, Bowen said.
    — Alex Groth, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2022
  • Not once did an inspector mention the jail’s process for deciding which kids to hold.
    — Ken Armstrong, ProPublica, 8 Oct. 2021
  • But seven road maintenance workers and one inspector were still on the bridge when the ship struck.
    — Emily Le Coz, USA TODAY, 14 May 2024
  • Sheller declined to provide the names of the inspector or other poll worker.
    — Kaitlin Lange, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Then, ask for a list of what the inspector will be checking during your inspection.
    — Stefanie Waldek, House Beautiful, 1 July 2023
  • My mum was the owner of a very cute little fabric store in the heart of Antibes old town, while my dad was a police inspector.
    — Katie Bain, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Health inspectors first visited the store on March 25 and 26, and observed fresh rodent droppings in multiple areas of the deli section and live cockroaches in the bakery department.
    — Stephanie Lam, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2025

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