inquisitive
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It functions, instead, as an honest and inquisitive interrogation of a life that has been, for too long, shrunken down and underappreciated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Then Golding wrote, “Softly, surrounded by a fringe of inquisitive bright creatures, itself a silver shape beneath the steadfast constellations, Simon’s dead body moved out towards the open sea.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
He issued a call for scientists to keep being brave and inquisitive, and for governments to fund their innovations.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026
"It hasn't been attacked head on and, you know, presented from an inquisitive younger generation like this before," he said.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
The Bree-hobbits were, in fact, friendly and inquisitive, and Frodo soon found that some explanation of what he was doing would have to be given.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
Vocabulary lists containing inquisitive
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 1–6
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