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to ask about or look into something

inquire = ask about or look into

inquire = ask about or look into

The police ... supposed that he spent that time going from garage to garage thereabout, inquiring for a yellow car.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -- The Great Gatsby

inquiring = asking about or looking into

Miss Maudie's nose was a color I had never seen before, and I inquired about it.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

inquired = asked

"They gonna haul that bus outa there tonight?" Big Ma inquired.
Mildred D. Taylor -- Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

inquired = asked

We have come here in order to inquire and search into the matter of Mistress Katherine Tyler, lately of Barbados, who is accused by sundry witnesses of the practice of witchcraft.
Elizabeth George Speare -- The Witch of Blackbird Pond

inquire = ask

Several gentlemen were much affected; and a third questioner, forcing himself to the front, inquired with extreme feeling:
Charles Dickens -- David Copperfield

inquired = asked

inquired = asked about

He sent another messenger during the night to inquire after her, and two more next morning.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky -- The Idiot

inquire = ask about or look into something

inquired = asked

And once more Jephson's right eye swiftly and inquiringly swept the jury to his right.
Theodore Dreiser -- An American Tragedy

inquiringly = in a manner that seeks information

The anti-slavery friend had come to inquire into my plans, and to offer assistance, if needed.
Harriet Jacobs -- Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

inquire = ask about or look into something

You came to inquire after my health; I will candidly acknowledge that I am not well.
Alexandre Dumas -- The Count of Monte Cristo

inquire = to ask about

"Inquire as much as you can tomorrow without neglecting your work," said Yeobright.
Thomas Hardy -- The Return of the Native

inquire = ask about or look into

He merely inquired if the work was done, and, on being assured that it was, passed on again.
Thomas Hardy -- Far from the Madding Crowd

inquired = asked

inquired = asked about or looked into

Carol inquired, "What experience did you have with college dramatics?"
Sinclair Lewis -- Main Street

inquired = asked

"What was that?" inquired Alice.
Lewis Carroll -- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

inquired = asked

"What did you have for breakfast?" Lorraine inquired, which was a little uncalled-for since all you had to do was look at the tray,
Paul Zindel -- The Pigman

inquired = asked

Lucia ordered for the group ... inquiring about several dishes before making her final choices.
Henry H. Neff -- The Maelstrom

inquiring = asking

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