inquiring
Example Sentences
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By Friday afternoon, Baker said, he had received hundreds of inquiring calls.
From Los Angeles Times
Wandelt was detained after getting off a flight, while Mrs Spragg had been waiting in a car park nearby and was arrested after sending anxious messages inquiring about the whereabouts of her co-accused.
From BBC
“I don’t think it’s less stressful,” Dodgers pitching coach Mark Prior said to an inquiring middle-aged reporter with gray hair getting a little too noticeable.
From Los Angeles Times
She wrote a polite note to the clinic inquiring as to the nature and purpose of the charges.
“This? It’s an origami mask,” she said to an inquiring passerby.
From Los Angeles Times
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