ask

Example Sentences

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Now, after two significant price cuts which eventually lowered the ask to $1.55 million in April, property records show that the sale of the 1.32-acre estate has closed.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

Puelm said he wished he had known earlier and been able to "ask more questions" of his grandmother before her death.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Fifa president Sepp Blatter had to intervene to ask the duo to swap the trophies, with both looking suitably unimpressed.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

The concession prosecutors have made is that they won’t ask for a sentence longer than five years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

I shout over the music and ask her what it is.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold