Inquired

Examples

• I asked first if Sir Percival was at the Park, and receiving a reply in the negative, inquired next when he had left it. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Mrs. Porter inquired, growing impatient. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I naturally inquired why he was not there too, instead of pacing the streets by himself? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• I immediately inquired of her why she left her home with such a dreadful cough. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I inquired after Sophia, who had not been permitted to visit me because the scarlet fever was considered infectious. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Has anything more been heard, Veneering,' he inquired, 'of the lucky legatee? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I inquired, in a low voice. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I inquired of my own soul: she was not going to be married. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Miss Pross inquired, with placidity. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• It was further inquired into in 1892, in the case against the Sawyer-Man Company. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Then is it your opinion, I inquired, with some little indignation, that a man should never-- --Invest portable property in a friend? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Yes, he says, I inquired about the man, and found him. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• It was soon evident that this was the reddleman who had inquired for her. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• How far his conscience had been sinned against, I never inquired. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I inquired the name of the garrison of the fortress of Malabat, and they said it was Mehemet Ali Ben Sancom. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• She went towards him and inquired the way. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Mr. Wansborough was in his office when I inquired for him. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Mortimer inquired, as he sought for his hat. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I then inquired as to the vessels which lay at present in the port of London. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• I inquired, amazed at hearing the French language. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• I inquired where we should dine. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Mildmay inquired, and will you give me a kiss? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I inquired about my aunt among the boatmen first, and received various answers. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Mr. Spenlow inquired in what respect? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• When she returned, I inquired what he had said. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• So he inquired who she was, and got introduced, and asked her for the two next. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Worcester eagerly inquired. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• He inquired in a friendly, though general way, after her family, and looked and spoke with the same good-humoured ease that he had ever done. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Not showing himself much impressed by this remarkable confirmation of the informer's evidence, Lightwood inquired what other business they had there? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I inquired, without, I confess, much agitation. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.

Editor: Tess