Inquires

Examples

• Grandfather Smallweed inquires, slowly rubbing his legs. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Mrs Podsnap inquires whether the young person is a young person of personal charms? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Mr. Tulkinghorn had listened gravely to this complaint and inquires when the stationer has finished, And that's all, is it, Snagsby? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Mrs. Snagsby repeatedly inquires of herself. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Mr Podsnap inquires what would become of the very large fortune, in the event of the marriage condition not being fulfilled? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Scientific thought is in this sense Pythagorean, that it inquires in reference to quantity and proporti on. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Grandfather Smallweed inquires of Judy, Bart's twin sister. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Veneering inquires. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• And what do YOU say, Mr. Tulkinghorn inquires, referring to it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Mr. Bucket (still grave) inquires if to-morrow morning, now, would suit, in case he should be as for'ard as he expects to be. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Mr. Tulkinghorn (standing by the old portmanteau) inquires if he has been dead any time. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Podsnap inquires of Mrs Veneering. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Sir Leicester looks astounded and inquires, Is the man in custody? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The king inquires into the state of England, which the author relates to him. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• A Buffer, suddenly astounding the other three, by detaching himself, and asserting individuality, inquires: 'How discovered, and why? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Same Buffer inquires with smartness, 'What of? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Mr. George inquires, getting his hat and thick wash-leather gloves. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I have not heard from her for years: but wherever she is, she thinks nothing of you; she never inquires about you. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He inquires into a portion of knowledge only, because the whole has grown too vast to be embraced by a single mind or life. Plato. The Republic.
• On the contrary he inquires very anxiously, said Mrs. Shelby, when the money for his redemption is to be raised. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Editor: Tess