All 6 Uses
inquire
in
Passing, by Nella Larsen
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- And what, she inquired, had they said of her for that little while at the beginning before they'd forgotten her altogether?†
p. 22.2inquired = asked about or looked into
- If things with Clare were as she—as they all—had suspected, wouldn't it be more tactful to seem to forget to inquire how she had spent those twelve years?†
p. 23.8inquire = ask about or look into something
- The mechanical professions that attend an introduction over, she inquired: "Did you hear what Jack called me?"†
p. 40.7 *inquired = asked about or looked into
- Had Bellew, Irene inquired, ever known any Negroes?†
p. 42.1
- That is, if an indulgent but perturbed husband may inquire.†
p. 53.4inquire = ask about or look into something
- It's a selfish whim, an unnecessary and— "Yes, Zulena, what is it?" she inquired, a trifle tartly, of the servant who had silently materialized in the doorway.†
p. 69.8inquired = asked about or looked into
Definitions:
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(1)
(inquire) to ask about or look into something
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)