answering

Example Sentences

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He might have been knocking, but nobody was answering.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

"They're answering to a lot of the expectations users have," Badouard said.

From Barron's • May 9, 2026

So when a stranger approached them on a walk with their newborn on April 16, they said they felt perfectly comfortable answering a few questions from someone who claimed to be with CNN.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

One checks he's answering the question, one analyses whether he's being too superficial and needs prompting to go deeper, while the third checks that the respondent is not a fraud… not a robot, for example.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

There was an answering cry and Razi steered the boat straight to where it came from.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook