All 37 Uses of
inquire
in
Jane Eyre
- She inquired how long they had been dead: then how old I was, what was my name, whether I could read, write, and sew a little: then she touched my cheek gently with her forefinger, and saying, "She hoped I should be a good child," dismissed me along with Miss Miller.†
Chpt 5
- Replies rose smooth and prompt now: "You must enclose the advertisement and the money to pay for it under a cover directed to the editor of the Herald; you must put it, the first opportunity you have, into the post at Lowton; answers must be addressed to J.E., at the post-office there; you can go and inquire in about a week after you send your letter, if any are come, and act accordingly."†
Chpt 10
- Nothing of the sort was visible; and when I asked a waiter if any one had been to inquire after a Miss Eyre, I was answered in the negative: so I had no resource but to request to be shown into a private room: and here I am waiting, while all sorts of doubts and fears are troubling my thoughts.†
Chpt 11
- I don't know, ma'am; I'll inquire at the bar."†
Chpt 11
- I inquired, amazed at hearing the French language.†
Chpt 11
- "Adele," I inquired, "with whom did you live when you were in that pretty clean town you spoke of?"†
Chpt 11
- Mr. Rochester was Mr. Rochester in her eyes; a gentleman, a landed proprietor — nothing more: she inquired and searched no further, and evidently wondered at my wish to gain a more definite notion of his identity.†
Chpt 11
- I again inquired.†
Chpt 11
- I inquired.†
Chpt 13
- You would, perhaps, think me rude if I inquired in return whether you are a philanthropist?†
Chpt 14
- I was thinking, sir, that very few masters would trouble themselves to inquire whether or not their paid subordinates were piqued and hurt by their orders.†
Chpt 14
- At the end of a few minutes he inquired in rather a peculiar tone — "I forget whether you said you saw anything when you opened your chamber door."†
Chpt 15
- "Have you told master that you heard a laugh?" she inquired.†
Chpt 16
- "What are they, madam?" inquired Mr. Rochester aloud.†
Chpt 17
- "What is she like?" inquired the Misses Eshton, in a breath.†
Chpt 18
- Never mind: I came here to inquire, not to confess.†
Chpt 19
- I inquired.†
Chpt 19
- "Was anybody stirring below when you went down, Jane?" inquired Mr. Rochester presently.†
Chpt 20
- "Does that person want you?" she inquired of Mr. Rochester; and Mr. Rochester turned to see who the "person" was.†
Chpt 21
- I inquired soon if he had not been to London.†
Chpt 22
- "And what for, 'no, thank you?' if one may inquire."†
Chpt 24
- "Well," said Mr. Rochester, gazing inquiringly into my eyes, "how is my Janet now?"†
Chpt 25
- Then addressing Mason, he inquired gently, "Are you aware, sir, whether or not this gentleman's wife is still living?"†
Chpt 26
- Have we anything else to stay for?" he inquired of Mr. Mason.†
Chpt 26
- "You know I am a scoundrel, Jane?" ere long he inquired wistfully — wondering, I suppose, at my continued silence and tameness, the result rather of weakness than of will.†
Chpt 27
- "You say he never mentioned us?" inquired one of the ladies.†
Chpt 28
- "What do you want?" she inquired, in a voice of surprise, as she surveyed me by the light of the candle she held.†
Chpt 28
- "Are you book-learned?" she inquired presently.†
Chpt 29
- I inquired, as she brought out a basket of the fruit.†
Chpt 29
- Meantime, you forget essential points in pursuing trifles: you do not inquire why Mr. Briggs sought after you — what he wanted with you.†
Chpt 33
- I inquired whether this was the case: no doubt in a somewhat crest-fallen tone.†
Chpt 34
- The first time I found St. John alone after this communication, I felt tempted to inquire if the event distressed him: but he seemed so little to need sympathy, that, so far from venturing to offer him more, I experienced some shame at the recollection of what I had already hazarded.†
Chpt 34
- In the course of my necessary correspondence with Mr. Briggs about the will, I had inquired if he knew anything of Mr. Rochester's present residence and state of health; but, as St. John had conjectured, he was quite ignorant of all concerning him.†
Chpt 34
- At any rate, it shall be strong enough to search — inquire — to grope an outlet from this cloud of doubt, and find the open day of certainty.†
Chpt 36
- Go up to that man, and inquire if Mr. Rochester be at home.†
Chpt 36
- When she returned, I inquired what he had said.
Chpt 37 *inquired = asked about
- "What is the matter?" he inquired.†
Chpt 37
Definition:
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(inquire) to ask about or look into something