All 30 Uses
inquire
in
The Chrysalids
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- Is that fun?' she inquired, with a wistful look.†
Chpt 1inquired = asked about or looked into
- Quite restored, but for the foot, she inquired with grave hospitality whether I liked eggs.†
Chpt 1
- 'Feeling lonely?' he inquired.
Chpt 4 *inquired = asked
- 'Who's she?' he inquired.†
Chpt 5inquired = asked about or looked into
- I inquired.†
Chpt 6
- I inquired.†
Chpt 9
- Rosalind and I inquired anxiously and simultaneously.†
Chpt 11
- Michael's distinctive pattern came in, inquiring what it was all about.†
Chpt 11inquiring = asking about or looking into
- 'Katherine — ?' she inquired.†
Chpt 12inquired = asked about or looked into
- After a couple of hours of it Michael came through: 'Where are you now?' he inquired.†
Chpt 12
- When she had, the others came in anxiously; Michael inquiring, with irritation: 'What was it this time?†
Chpt 12inquiring = asking about or looking into
- 'Who is the other one?' she inquired.†
Chpt 12inquired = asked about or looked into
- Then Michael inquiring with a touch of excitement whether we approved.†
Chpt 12inquiring = asking about or looking into
- When that subsided: 'Where is she?' inquired Michael.†
Chpt 12inquired = asked about or looked into
- Rosalind inquired.†
Chpt 12
- What on earth's that?' everyone inquired at once.†
Chpt 12
- 'Why?' inquired Petra.†
Chpt 13
- Then we were apart, and I was becoming aware of mundane things: a dim grey sky; considerable discomfort; and, presently, Michael, anxiously inquiring what had happened to me.†
Chpt 14inquiring = asking about or looking into
- I was on the point of asking what was happening now when Michael inquired: 'Was it you they fired at last night?'†
Chpt 14inquired = asked about or looked into
- There was an air about the last few sentences, rather out of keeping with the rest, which caused me to suspect I had encountered some kind of creed once more, I decided to shift the conversation on to a more practical plane by inquiring why we had been taken prisoner.†
Chpt 14inquiring = asking about or looking into
- I inquired, with a feeling of being on familiar ground again.†
Chpt 14inquired = asked about or looked into
- Then: Know who I am?' he inquired.†
Chpt 14
- You can't see what I think?' she inquired, with a touch of anxiety.†
Chpt 15
- Michael inquired.†
Chpt 15
- 'Odd?' she inquired.†
Chpt 15
- I inquired.†
Chpt 16
- I inquired of Michael.†
Chpt 16
- Sophie inquired.†
Chpt 16
- The Sealand woman inquired: 'Michael?†
Chpt 17
- It was as much a statement as a question, and she checked herself in the act of rising, to look at him inquiringly.†
Chpt 17inquiringly = 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)