- present participle of inquire.
inquiring
Example Sentences
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A spokesperson for Lineage said that the company was inquiring about what it described as a safer alternative to rapid shutdown devices.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
I never steered inquiring family and friends away from Spirit unless it was an event they couldn’t miss.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
“I don’t have my spiel yet!” she warns, inquiring for the first of a few times what I thought of it and whether I enjoyed it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2026
Within the hour, Stabile said, he got a call from Smith, inquiring about a release plan.
From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2026
More than once, pushing Gogol in his stroller, Ashima has been approached on the streets of Cambridge by young Bengali bachelors, shyly inquiring after her origins.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
