be inquisitive
Example Sentences
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But, he adds that “learning should be inquisitive and not unnecessarily stressful or demanding.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025
Parents and teachers should "be inquisitive" and "seek help" if they think a child is at risk, police advised.
From BBC • Jul. 15, 2025
His sound was brighter on soprano, an instrument on which he left an incalculable influence; he could be inquisitive, teasing or elusive, but always with a pinpoint intonation and clarity of attack.
From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2023
He made this 10-year-old aspiring writer/artist/cooking-show host care about, or at least be inquisitive about, science.
From Salon • Mar. 2, 2022
The other was that it would be full of shipping and of course anyone on the deck of a ship who saw two horses swimming past would be almost certain to be inquisitive.
From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis
