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ask
verb as in question
verb as in request
Strongest matches
appeal, beg, call for, charge, claim, demand, order, petition, plead, request, seek, sue, urge
Strong matches
angle, apply, beseech, bite, bum, command, crave, entreat, hit, hustle, implore, impose, knock, levy, mooch, pray, promote, requisition, solicit, supplicate, touch
Weak matches
Example Sentences
I ask whether Dr Rauwerdink, for one, is happy to see this move, or not.
There is the young bank employee she met on a bus trip home and who sized her up and said she was "so cute, just like a bonsai plant... before, casually as one might ask for a cigarette, asking her to marry him".
“That’s the White House. Ask for Joe,” says the nurse.
“We only keep democracy alive, is all. Is it worth it? Well, ask the Cincinnati city council — a third of ‘em, indicted on bribery charges today thanks to our reporting.”
Senator Thom Tillis - who said before the hearing that he planned to ask Kennedy why his actions were not "matching up" with his promises - gave him a list of questions to answer at a later time.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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