inquisitive
Example Sentences
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Inquisitive rather than critical, Sietsema’s work is neither disparaging of art and commerce nor a celebration of it.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2016
Inquisitive and engaging, Mr. Beatty said he wanted to get to know me.
From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2016
Inquisitive and caustic, she spent much of her time onstage appealing to the need for more honesty.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 30, 2015
Inquisitive students made curious comparisons, last week, between pioneers and speakers.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Inquisitive faces were forever peering through the bars of the garden gate.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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Vocabulary lists containing inquisitive
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 1–6
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The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 5
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The New SAT: Words to Capture Tone
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