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asking

[ UK /ˈɑːskɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈæskɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
  1. the verbal act of requesting

How To Use asking In A Sentence

  • Instead of asking the fortunate few, why doesn't Ted asked the gifted masses of state employees to do a little giveback? We're! Number! 5! (Jack Bog's Blog)
  • The clergyman and his son pricked up their ears at this, photography being with them only a degree less absorbing a pastime than that of walking; Ron awoke suddenly to the remembrance that his half-plate camera had never been unpacked since his arrival; and the three vied with each other in asking questions about the proposed excursion, and in urging that a date should be fixed. Big Game A Story for Girls
  • This being Los Angeles, and me being a hick from the sticks, I was only a few feet away from asking the shorter guy for an autograph, when I chickened out.
  • Of course, Whitty himself ain’t exactly a peach; he loves him some torture, and buries knives in bellies with minimal provocation; when it comes to witch-hunting, he’s of the “burn her alive now, ask questions … well, don’t really bother asking questions, it’s just so damn fun to burn people, let’s do it some more!” school. Cry of the Banshee « Skid Roche
  • I couldn't swear to it, what with scissors snipping and buzzers buzzing, but I think the young lad was asking his dad why you still needed a haircut when you were going bald.
  • Nor were the escorts there to admonish me for asking a rude question of the partying faithful, or to protect the paying customers from the prying media.
  • The forecasts have been asking us to watch out for thunderclouds and thundershowers for a long while now.
  • Unless you're willing to bone up on the subject, you're better off to assess his technical ability by asking for references and checking them out.
  • So asking them to use mild soaps and weaning them away from perfumes and deodorants is our primary task,’ he said.
  • And they did speak, asking for more quality, more utility and more practicality.
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