All 6 Uses
inquire
in
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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- Several pupils had a few yellow tickets, but none had enough —he had been around among the star pupils inquiring.†
Chpt 4 *inquiring = asking about or looking into
- "What does he put sackcloth and ashes on his head for?" inquired Huck.†
Chpt 13inquired = asked about or looked into
- Huck was in a close place—the inquiring eye was upon him—he would have given anything for material for a plausible answer—nothing suggested itself—the inquiring eye was boring deeper and deeper—a senseless reply offered—there was no time to weigh it, so at a venture he uttered it—feebly: "Sunday-school books, maybe."†
Chpt 30inquiring = asking about or looking into
- Huck was in a close place—the inquiring eye was upon him—he would have given anything for material for a plausible answer—nothing suggested itself—the inquiring eye was boring deeper and deeper—a senseless reply offered—there was no time to weigh it, so at a venture he uttered it—feebly: "Sunday-school books, maybe."†
Chpt 30
- They all said they had not noticed whether Tom and Becky were on board the ferryboat on the homeward trip; it was dark; no one thought of inquiring if any one was missing.†
Chpt 30
- The company looked at each other with a perplexed interest—and inquiringly at Huck, who was tongue-tied.†
Chpt 34inquiringly = in a manner that seeks information
Definitions:
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(1)
(inquire) to ask about or look into something
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)