asker

Example Sentences

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Usually the asker is a nervous parent who desperately wants the best for their child and is terrified that affirming the child's transness will cause the child harm in the future.

From Salon • Oct. 17, 2023

"Shakespeare wanted audiences to feel uncomfortable to encourage them to confront their own prejudices. He was a great asker of questions. I'm not sure that was the intention with Delilah."

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2023

Unfortunately, my dear question asker, that answer — as is the case with so many answers in life — is subjective.

From The Verge • Sep. 8, 2022

Here’s how the game works: The asker picks up a card with a question like, “What message would you put on a billboard in Times Square for millions of people to see?”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 30, 2022

Here they weren’t quite so tied up by considerations of everybody’s prestige and pride, and questions evidently were not insulting either to the asker or the one questioned.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin