Sample Sentences for
inquiry
(editor-reviewed)

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  • The official inquiry has ended, but the press continues to ask questions.
    inquiry = investigation
  • They created a commission of inquiry to look into the matter.
  • Mr. Weasley was facing an inquiry at work.  (source)
    inquiry = questioning or investigating
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  • Van Helsing and I tried to make inquiry at the back of the house.  (source)
    inquiry = questioning or investigating
  • She said she reckined most everybody had a secret place, but she couldn't be certain, as she had never made inquiries of it.  (source)
    inquiries = investigations
  • She tried to keep the panic out of her voice, make it sound like a casual enquiry.†  (source)
    unconventional spelling: This is spelled "inquiry" in U.S. English.
  • But Mr. Gardiner could not be seen, and Mr. Darcy found, on further inquiry, that your father was still with him, but would quit town the next morning.  (source)
    inquiry = investigation
  • please make inquiries if Fiers has been sent to the hospital.  (source)
    inquiries = investigate by asking questions
  • There are several possible lines of enquiry which I hope to follow up.†  (source)
  • I am staying there while I conduct the inquiry.  (source)
    inquiry = investigation
  • There had been media coverage, official inquiries, oversight.†  (source)
  • They could be tracked down by enquiry, they could be squeezed out of you by torture.†  (source)
  • At the interview, when she offered him tea, he made it a point to launch a cautious inquiry if she knew Mr. Farfrae.  (source)
    inquiry = question
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