Questioner is an English word with synonyms like inquirer or enquirer. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Questioner in a sentence
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Questioner meaning
A person who asks questions, or who conducts an official enquiry.
Using Questioner
- The main meaning on this page is: A person who asks questions, or who conducts an official enquiry.
- Useful related words include: inquirer, enquirer, querier, asker.
- In the example corpus, questioner often appears in combinations such as: the questioner, questioner asked, questioner or.
Context around Questioner
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 7 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Questioner
- In this selection, "questioner" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, next, original, critical, asked, jules and first stand out and add context to how "questioner" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a critical questioner or a and a questioner at the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "questioner" sits close to words such as abbe, abdollahian and abergavenny, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with questioner
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The questioner has an accurate perception. (6 words)
Bill’s response to the questioner from Mexico was pretty lame. (11 words)
One questioner asked her to describe her style of play in one word. (13 words)
This latter question came from Robert Talbot-Stern, who we think is the first questioner in history to bear the weight of not just knowing an American president but of knowing this particular American president. (35 words)
But they also allow him to largely avoid any controversy created by a critical questioner or a protester, both of whom he was forced to grapple with multiple times when campaigning before the pandemic. (34 words)
So, when asked on the flight back from Romania June 2 about European unity, the pope basically referred the questioner to three in-depth speeches he had given on the subject in the past. (34 words)
However, a questioner would ask, which among the parties both major and minor would put an injunction on the results? (20 words)
To little surprise, he turned the query upon the questioner: “Why are you in such a hurry? (17 words)
Example sentences (20)
After receiving an answer, the original questioner asked a followup question based on the answer, which would lead to another answer, another followup question, and so forth, building a self-fueling exchange.
Lots of dish here, and his questioner, Jules Lund, was quite good as well, pressing him on sensitive questions about whether he had editorial freedom to include unattractive material about his subjects.
The questioner then has the opportunity to ask a supplementary question on the same topic and receive a verbal answer.
But whenever the issue was raised, New Democrats accused the questioner — first mayors, then businesses, then nurses — of stigmatizing drug users and not supporting harm reduction.
At 87, Feinstein is the oldest sitting senator, and some Democrats worry she may have lost some of her effectiveness as a questioner.
But they also allow him to largely avoid any controversy created by a critical questioner or a protester, both of whom he was forced to grapple with multiple times when campaigning before the pandemic.
He tried to wave off Collins and motion for the the next questioner — Alcindor.
However, a questioner would ask, which among the parties both major and minor would put an injunction on the results?
One questioner asked her to describe her style of play in one word.
The questioner has an accurate perception.
To little surprise, he turned the query upon the questioner: “Why are you in such a hurry?
Were I to have been rounded up by my “audicious questioner”, this man, a “school principal”, he could frame me for unpleasant things were he nonreligious and lacking conscience.
And the next questioner today will be Tyler Van Buren with Piper Jaffray.
A questioner at the meeting asked Melendez and Ramos about the other uses of the field that fences would impede.
So, when asked on the flight back from Romania June 2 about European unity, the pope basically referred the questioner to three in-depth speeches he had given on the subject in the past.
Bill’s response to the questioner from Mexico was pretty lame.
That was in response to a questioner who asked about Tsipras’ inability to achieve consensus with the opposition on the negotiations and reports that Nimetz used the term “Macedonian citizen” in a TV interview.
The questioner, Zhang Huijun, wore red — the color of China and the Chinese Communist Party.
This latter question came from Robert Talbot-Stern, who we think is the first questioner in history to bear the weight of not just knowing an American president but of knowing this particular American president.
An exception to this rule occurs if one side has called a witness, but it is either understood, or becomes clear, that the witness is hostile to the questioner's side of the controversy.
Common combinations with questioner
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the questioner 11×
- questioner asked 2×
- questioner or 2×
- next questioner 2×