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How to use ask in a sentence

40 example sentences · verb, noun

Ask means to request (information, or an answer to a question). Example: “I asked her age.”

Examples of ask by meaning

verbTo request (information, or an answer to a question).

  • I asked her age.
  • I didn't know the answer so I asked.
  • Everyone always asks what my advice is, and my advice is don’t overintellectualize your art.2022 October 14, Justin Curto, “The 1975’s Matty Healy Prefers Writing Lyrics He’s Afraid Of”, in Vulture, archived from the original on 18...

verbTo request or enquire of (a person).

  • I asked her (for) her age.
  • I’m going to ask this lady (for) directions.
  • If you want to know, ask her.

verbTo request (an item or service) (see also ask for).

  • to ask for a second helping at dinner
  • to ask for help with homework
  • to ask a favour

verbTo request (someone to do something).

  • Emma asked Jim to close his eyes.

verbTo request permission (to do something).

  • She asked to see the doctor.
  • Did you ask to use the car?

verbTo put forward (a question) to be answered.

  • to ask a question
  • to ask a riddle

verbTo require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity.

  • What price are you asking for the house?
  • It’s asking a lot of this old car to make it all the way up to Scotland.

verbTo invite.

  • Don’t ask them to the wedding.

More sentences with ask

  • The teacher asked the students to write a report on current events.From the entry current events
  • It was a slow news day, so the editor asked us to make our articles wordier.From the entry slow
  • The politician gave a somewhat abstract answer when asked about their plans to cut spending.From the entry abstract
  • The tour group asked their questions in Italian, and their tour guide translated.From the entry Italian
  • I asked her to stay in with me, but she would go out.From the entry would
  • You've been mooning after her forever; why not just ask her out?From the entry moon
  • She asked me to lend him my tools. That I couldn't do.From the entry that
  • Could we ask you to move, please. These seats are ours.From the entry ours
  • We should ask for it back. After all, it is ours.From the entry ours
  • I asked her if she was available, but she said she had a boyfriend.From the entry available
  • When the waitress brought the food, I asked whether she had any Dijon mustard.From the entry mustard
  • I was hungry, so I asked if there was any more food.From the entry so
  • I hope you won’t think me stupid if I ask you what that means.From the entry think
  • If someone comes and asks for the ticket, just give it to them.From the entry them
  • The senator asked the party chief to put the hard word on his potential rivals.From the entry hard
  • Did I ask you what you thought about my cards, you kibitzer?From the entry kibitzer
  • The director asked the cast to note down the following cuts.From the entry cut
  • I misheard when she asked for mints, and gave her mince instead.From the entry mishear
  • The editor asked me to rewrite my article for a non-technical audience.From the entry rewrite
  • Still, it stung when a slightly older acquaintance asked me why I couldn't do any better.From the entry sting
  • He was going to ask her out, but he lost his bottle when he saw her.From the entry bottle
  • I asked him if he wanted to marry me and he turned me down flat.From the entry flat
  • The psychiatrist asked her to count down from a hundred by sevens.From the entry count

Meaning of ask

  1. verb To request (information, or an answer to a question).
  2. verb To request or enquire of (a person).
  3. verb To request (an item or service) (see also ask for).

Full definition of ask

Questions about ask in a sentence

How do you use ask in a sentence?
Ask is used as a verb and noun. For example: “I asked her age.”
What is a short sentence with ask?
“I asked her age.”
What does ask mean?
Ask means to request (information, or an answer to a question).

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ask (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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