inquiring

[ US /ˌɪnˈkwaɪɝɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /ɪnkwˈa‍ɪ‍əɹɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. given to inquiry
    an inquiring mind
NOUN
  1. a request for information
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How To Use inquiring In A Sentence

  • So that one of his Oxford friends, as he traveled through Childrey, inquiring for his diversion of some of the people, Who was their minister, and how they liked him? received this answer: Our parson is one Mr. Pococke, a plain honest man. A Reader's Manifesto
  • French literature, discussions on the advisability of establishing a monarchy, on the advisability of establishing a republic, on the advisability of establishing an empire; and before we proceed to examine the arguments, we cannot help being struck at the strange contrast which this multiplicity of open questions presents to our own uninquiring acquiescence in the hereditary polity which has descended to us. Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American
  • He had an inquiring intellect, a voracious appetite for science and a direct involvement in the operation of government. Times, Sunday Times
  • Both the black braies and the bliaut were spread out upon the bed, with the white chainse atop, and Geoffrey, though he had raised an inquiring eyebrow when he saw that his wife had selected his outfit, changed into it without a question. Gentle Warrior
  • I'm inquiring after any information the library might have on future city planning.
  • A growing number of customers have been inquiring about the pending price rises.
  • It would be inquiring too curiously to ask whether Camilla, when she embraced him, discerned that he had fortified his courage that morning with a glass of curacoa. He Knew He Was Right
  • She thinks this is because the nature of her job as a journalist means she has to have an inquiring mind. Times, Sunday Times
  • An interactive exhibition which will captive inquiring minds with hands of fun and equipment to test and explore the wonders of science.
  • You would, naturally, be perfectly justified in inquiring after my credentials in offering these remarks. The Volokh Conspiracy » Massad Defends Himself:
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