All 9 Uses of
inquiry
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- It would be worse than useless now to make any inquiries, because it would be dangerous.†
Chpt 1.4 *
- All through the cold and restless interval, until dawn, they once more whispered in the ears of Mr. Jarvis Lorry—sitting opposite the buried man who had been dug out, and wondering what subtle powers were for ever lost to him, and what were capable of restoration—the old inquiry: "I hope you care to be recalled to life?"†
Chpt 1.6
- Mr. Cruncher's eyes seemed to get a little closer to one another, and to interchange the inquiry, "What do you think of this?"†
Chpt 2.2
- The crowd about him had pressed and passed the inquiry on to the nearest attendant, and from him it had been more slowly pressed and passed back; at last it got to Jerry: "Witnesses."†
Chpt 2.2
- "And why wonder at that?" was the abrupt inquiry that made him start.†
Chpt 2.6
- Here again: Mr. Lorry's inquiries into Miss Pross's personal history had established the fact that her brother Solomon was a heartless scoundrel who had stripped her of everything she possessed, as a stake to speculate with, and had abandoned her in her poverty for evermore, with no touch of compunction.†
Chpt 2.6
- There was the usual stoppage at the barrier guardhouse, and the usual lanterns came glancing forth for the usual examination and inquiry.†
Chpt 2.16
- It was but the inquiry of his first confusion and astonishment, the answer being obvious.†
Chpt 2.19
- For such variety of reasons, Tellson's was at that time, as to French intelligence, a kind of High Exchange; and this was so well known to the public, and the inquiries made there were in consequence so numerous, that Tellson's sometimes wrote the latest news out in a line or so and posted it in the Bank windows, for all who ran through Temple Bar to read.†
Chpt 2.24
Definition:
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(inquiry) the act of asking a question or performing an investigation