Enquired
[in'kwaiəd]
Examples
- He appears to have enquired very carefully into this subject {See his scheme for the maintenance of the poor, in Burn's History of the Poor Laws. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- He enquired from Edith who that gentleman was; and, rather to her surprise, she found, from the tone of his 'Indeed! Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- When I enquired for them, the man to whom I spoke, uttered the word plague, and fell at my feet in convulsions; he also was infected. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Mrs. Welland enquired as she shook hands with her future son-in-law. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- We passed by a natural archway, leading to a second gallery, and enquired, if we could not enter there also. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- All now looked around and enquired for Ivanhoe, but he had vanished. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Pale as marble, clear and beaming as that, she heard my tale, and enquired concerning the spot where he had been deposited. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The old man came in haste, and enquired anxiously after the state of his health. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Lily enquired. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
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