All 11 Uses of
query
in
Ulysses by James Joyce
- Country bumpkin's queries.†
Chpt 7 *
- It was then queried whether there were any special desires on the part of the defunct and the reply was: We greet you, friends of earth, who are still in the body.†
Chpt 12
- Cissy queried.†
Chpt 13
- Query.†
Chpt 14
- But, leaving that for the moment, how much did you part with, he queried, if I am not too inquisitive?†
Chpt 16
- —What age is he? queried one hearer who, by the way, seen from the side, bore a distant resemblance to Henry Campbell, the townclerk, away from the carking cares of office, unwashed of course and in a seedy getup and a strong suspicion of nosepaint about the nasal appendage.†
Chpt 16
- —And what's the number for? loafer number two queried.†
Chpt 16
- —Am I right, skipper? he queried of the sailor, now returning after his private potation and the rest of his exertions.†
Chpt 16
- —What belongs, queried Mr Bloom bending, fancying he was perhaps under some misapprehension.†
Chpt 16
- —Are you bad in the eyes? the sympathetic personage like the townclerk queried.†
Chpt 16
- Stephen, in reply to a politely put query, said he didn't sing it but launched out into praises of Shakespeare's songs, at least of in or about that period, the lutenist Dowland who lived in Fetter lane near Gerard the herbalist, who anno ludendo hausi, Doulandus, an instrument he was contemplating purchasing from Mr Arnold Dolmetsch, whom B. did not quite recall though the name certainly sounded familiar, for sixtyfive guineas and Farnaby and son with their dux and comes conceits and…†
Chpt 16
Definition:
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(query) an instance of questioning -- especially of requesting information from a computer