All 24 Uses of
inquire
in
Crime and Punishment, by Dostoyevsky
- The old woman stood facing him in silence and looking inquiringly at him.†
Chpt 1.1 *inquiringly = in a manner that seeks information
- "I remember, my good sir, I remember quite well your coming here," the old woman said distinctly, still keeping her inquiring eyes on his face.†
Chpt 1.1inquiring = asking about or looking into
- I make bold to inquire—have you been in the service?†
Chpt 1.2inquire = ask about or look into something
- He could not remember alone, and looked inquiringly at Razumihin.†
Chpt 2.3inquiringly = in a manner that seeks information
- "He must have waked from a dream," Razumihin said at last, looking inquiringly at Zossimov.†
Chpt 2.4
- Then with the same deliberation he scrutinised the uncouth, unkempt figure and unshaven face of Razumihin, who looked him boldly and inquiringly in the face without rising from his seat.†
Chpt 2.5
- Luzhin looked at him inquiringly.†
Chpt 2.5
- On Pulcheria Alexandrovna's anxiously and timidly inquiring as to "some suspicion of insanity," he replied with a composed and candid smile that his words had been exaggerated; that certainly the patient had some fixed idea, something approaching a monomania—he, Zossimov, was now particularly studying this interesting branch of medicine—but that it must be recollected that until to-day the patient had been in delirium and...and that no doubt the presence of his family would have a favourable effect on his recovery and distract his mind, "if only all fresh shocks can be avoided," he added significantly.†
Chpt 3.1inquiring = asking about or looking into
- He was inquiring for people who had pawned things, and I have some pledges there, too—trifles—a ring my sister gave me as a keepsake when I left home, and my father's silver watch—they are only worth five or six roubles altogether...but I value them.†
Chpt 3.4
- Raskolnikov, not waiting for an introduction, bowed to Porfiry Petrovitch, who stood in the middle of the room looking inquiringly at them.†
Chpt 3.5inquiringly = in a manner that seeks information
- That's why you were so much struck when I mentioned to Zossimov that Porfiry was inquiring for everyone who had pledges!†
Chpt 3.5inquiring = asking about or looking into
- Porfiry Petrovitch inquired.†
Chpt 3.5inquired = asked about or looked into
- Razumihin inquired with some alarm even.†
Chpt 3.5
- You were inquiring for me...of the porter?†
Chpt 3.6inquiring = asking about or looking into
- "I trust you had a favourable journey," he inquired officially of Pulcheria Alexandrovna.†
Chpt 4.2inquired = asked about or looked into
- Don't inquire about me.†
Chpt 4.3inquire = ask about or look into something
- Sonia looked at him inquiringly.†
Chpt 4.4inquiringly = in a manner that seeks information
- Inquiring of Madame Lippevechsel who was busy laying the table while Katerina Ivanovna was away at the cemetery, he heard that the entertainment was to be a great affair, that all the lodgers had been invited, among them some who had not known the dead man, that even Andrey Semyonovitch Lebeziatnikov was invited in spite of his previous quarrel with Katerina Ivanovna, that he, Pyotr Petrovitch, was not only invited, but was eagerly expected as he was the most important of the lodgers.†
Chpt 5.1inquiring = asking about or looking into
- Listening to Sonia with dignity, Katerina Ivanovna inquired with equal dignity how Pyotr Petrovitch was, then at once whispered almost aloud to Raskolnikov that it certainly would have been strange for a man of Pyotr Petrovitch's position and standing to find himself in such "extraordinary company," in spite of his devotion to her family and his old friendship with her father.†
Chpt 5.2inquired = asked about or looked into
- Then once more with pride and dignity she scanned her visitors, and suddenly inquired aloud across the table of the deaf man: "Wouldn't he have some more meat, and had he been given some wine?"†
Chpt 5.2
- Allow me to inquire whether she is at home....She is not.†
Chpt 6.5inquire = ask about or look into something
- The ragged fellow looked inquiringly.†
Chpt 6.6inquiringly = in a manner that seeks information
- Raskolnikov raised his eyebrows inquiringly.†
Chpt 6.8
- He looked at him inquiringly, not knowing how it would end.†
Chpt 6.8
Definition:
to ask about or look into something