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• If I do not know what their policy is, I should inquire of them.From the entry inquire of
• He always preempted his enemies by being the first to greet them and inquiring about their well-being.2019, Anthony Ephirim-Donkor, The Making of an African King, page 37. From the entry preempt
• Knowing what a foodie Mary was, I inquired about the Russian food.2015, Frank G Schafer, “The Garden of Eden”, in Sammy: Gaia Lives, →ISBN, page 221. From the entry kutia
• Comment on or inquire about Susan's reaction to George's reaction to the invitation. 2.2015, Alan S. Gurman, Jay L. Lebow, Douglas K. Snyder, Clinical Handbook of Couple Therapy, Fifth Edition, page 217. From the entry consequate
• He wanted to inquire peevishly if a commitment to Marxism was incompatible with a disyllabic forename.2012 April 17, P.D. James, Innocent Blood, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 41. From the entry Geoff
• When inquiring of people, ask about "civets", for spotted skunks are often mistakenly known as civets.2008, Charles A. Long, The Wild Mammals of Wisconsin, Pensoft, page 410. From the entry civet
• "Is this the Jesus Yoder or the Merton Yoder?" a pseudo-English voice would inquire.2004, Edwin M Yoder, Jr., Telling Others What to Think: Recollections of a Pundit, →ISBN, page 191. From the entry pseudo-English
• Patience inquired about the possibility of getting rooms with closable windows for the night.2003, Orson Scott Card, Wyrms, Orb Books, →ISBN, page 167. From the entry dwelf
• What have I got?" the bifocaled, hard-of-hearing Bubbie would inquire of her doctor in one scene.1996 September 13, Craig Keller, “Sister Act”, in Chicago Reader. From the entry bifocaled
• When he inquired about them, Anna told him they were Japs an' Chows.1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter V, in Capricornia, page 74. From the entry chow
• The ultratough baseball captain stepped up, “Any other last wishes?’ he inquired.1938, Army Navy Journal 1938-02-05: Volume 75, Issue 23, Gannett Company, Incorporated, page 476. From the entry ultratough
• This question inquires into the first cause and highest existent ground of beings.1936, Martin Heidegger, Nietzsche. From the entry theion
• "Are you going ‘parishing’ this morning?" inquired Diana, as she watched him fill and light his pipe.1921, Margaret Pedler, The Splendid Folly, page 46. From the entry parish
• A rather stunning banderillo opened the front door and inquired my business.1919, Robert Cortes Holliday, Peeps at People. From the entry banderillo
• Gilson, and inquired: "Is there anything very exciting going on at the mills, Gene?"1919, Sinclair Lewis, Free Air. From the entry false-heartedly
• "Doctor," inquired Charley, "would you call the kraken or devil-fish a legendary or real sea-serpent?"1909, Edwin J. Houston, At school in the Cannibal Islands, Boston, M.A.; Chicago, I.L.; St. Louis, M.O.; Atlanta, G.A.; Dallas, T.X.…. From the entry devilfish
• "And by what name is he known?" frowningly inquired the king.1907, Erasmus W. Jones, The Young Captives. From the entry frowningly
• As a cop out, we turn the truth over to the mob, instead of deeply inquiring and discovering.2021 August 15, Hayley Garrigus, 2:42 from the start, in You Can't Kill Meme, spoken by self (Hayley Garrigus). From the entry memetically
• "Ye've bin in Toorkey, han't ye?" inquired a fisherman.2014 March 13, Robert Michael Ballantyne, Delphi Complete Works of R. M. Ballantyne (Illustrated) (Series Four), Delphi Classics. From the entry Toorkey
• The inquiring reader might ask what anidodlic means.1991, Winston, Roland; Holman, Robert L; Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers, Nonimaging Optics: Maximum Efficiency Light…. From the entry anidolic
• After a wolfed burger dinner, I called the night number at Administrative Vice and inquired about known lesbian gathering places.1987, James Ellroy, The Black Dahlia. From the entry wolf
• If the latter, inquire carefully as to secondary iatropic factors.1987, Hiram C. Polk, H. Harlan Stone, Bernard Gardner, Basic Surgery, page 409. From the entry iatropic
• When, as designated driver, I've inquired, I've been told that spitting is not permitted in the tasting room.1985, Richard M. Gold, How and Why to Build a Wine Cellar, page 202. From the entry tasting room
• “Why are you walking around,” inquired Oedipa, “with your eyes closed, Metzger?” “Larceny,” Metzger said, “maybe they'll need a lawyer.”1966 March, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 3, in The Crying of Lot 49, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, published November 1976, →ISBN, page 37. From the entry larceny
• "You're not pregnant again?" he inquired chattily.1963, Garet Rogers, Scandal in Eden, a novel.. From the entry shoot one's wad
• I lowered my voice to a confidential murmur, but on her inquiring if I had laryngitis raised it again.1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter XI. From the entry laryngitis
• They -- Ooooh!” “Why ‘ooooh’?” I inquired.1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 13. From the entry ooooh
• We instructed our men to shoot first and inquire afterward, if a shenzi so much as showed himself in the clearing.1919, Stewart Edward White, The Land of Footprints, page 263. From the entry shenzi
• "And are you an artist, too?" inquired Bunson's companion, prepared to let a little surplus enthusiasm loose on the MacQuibble.1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 101. From the entry apocryphally
• How far would you trust that man?” Vane inquired.1911, Harold Bindloss, The Protector. From the entry trust someone as far as one could fling a bull by the tail
• Whenever we inquired of the village girls what their occupation was, almost invariably the quaint answer ‘We do buttony’ was given.1906, Lady Dorothy Nevill, chapter 3, in Ralph Nevill, editor, The Reminiscences of Lady Dorothy Nevill, London: Edward Arnold, page 33. From the entry buttony
• "Are you afraid of going across the churchyard in the dark?" a young lady inquired of an old woman.1905 August 26, Edward Peacock, “Replies. Yorkshire Dialect.”, in Notes and Queries: A Medium of Intercommunication for Literary Men…. From the entry wick
• On inquiring how a charge of 20 per cent, for uncharged labour was obtained, he was told that it was estimated.1901, Cassier's magazine. From the entry uncharged
• With an antifraternization policy in place, an employer need not inquire deeply into the nature of ongoing relationships between supervisors and subordinates.2014, Thomas D. Schneid, Legal Liabilities in Emergency Medical Services. From the entry antifraternization
• Sherman was the manager, and after first noticing her he said he quickly inquired, “Who is the superattractive woman behind the bar?”2009 March 22, “Kristen Kirkland and Bill Sherman”, in New York Times. From the entry superattractive
• So it will come as no surprise if a local inquires whether you've eaten yet — or, as Philadelphians say, "Jeet yet?"2002, The Postal Record, volume 115, page 17. From the entry jeet
• Even at the end of the century, a country hostess might inquire, on serving coffee, if the guest preferred "long or short sweetening."1999, Rhoda C. Ellison, Bibb County, Alabama: The First Hundred Years, page 51. From the entry short sweetening

Meaning of inquire

1. verb To ask (about something).
2. verb To make an inquiry or an investigation.
3. verb To call; to name.

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How do you use inquire in a sentence?

Inquire is used as a verb. For example: “May I inquire to whom I have the honor of speaking?”

What is a short sentence with inquire?

“"You're not pregnant again?" he inquired chattily.”

What does inquire mean?

Inquire means to ask (about something).