Thesaurus / inquire
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
Ouellette, the Albany dean, sent an email to other members inquiring about the new policy.
HOW CUOMO PUT A POLITICAL LOYALIST IN CHARGE OF NEW YORK’S VACCINE ROLLOUTJOSH DAWSEY, MICHAEL SCHERER, AMY BRITTAINMARCH 19, 2021WASHINGTON POST
Some are seeking stability by inquiring about longer-term partnerships with publishers.
WITH PANDEMIC CONTINUING TO RECEDE, PUBLISHERS PITCH LONGER-TERM PARTNERSHIPSMAX WILLENSMARCH 12, 2021DIGIDAY
When Digiday inquired, Facebook said it had no comment about the new bill.
In one 1889 ad, Anna Quinn wished “to inquire for my dear mother and father whom I left in Virginia when I was sold at ten years old” and remembered, “You told me if you never saw me in this life you wanted to meet me in heaven.”
LITTLE-KNOWN VOICES SING THE HISTORY OF SLAVERY AND RESISTANCECHANDRA MANNINGMARCH 5, 2021WASHINGTON POST
His former teammate Ben Wanger, who now plays at Miami as a graduate transfer, told the Yale Daily News that several athletes reached out to him to inquire about the graduate transfer process.
IVY LEAGUE SPORTS WERE SHUT DOWN QUICKLY BY CORONAVIRUS. A RESTART IS PROVING MUCH SLOWER.GLYNN A. HILLFEBRUARY 10, 2021WASHINGTON POST
Indeed, no government agency has even inquired about it, according to Cappos.
THE U.S. SPENT $2.2 MILLION ON A CYBERSECURITY SYSTEM THAT WASN’T IMPLEMENTED — AND MIGHT HAVE STOPPED A MAJOR HACKBY PETER ELKIND AND JACK GILLUMFEBRUARY 2, 2021PROPUBLICA
I need not inquire whether his dismal behaviour was natural or assumed.
THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB, V. 2(OF 2)CHARLES DICKENS
Elmer Spiker interrupted to inquire whether the turtles I had seen were "black-legs, red-legs, or yaller-legs."
THE SOLDIER OF THE VALLEYNELSON LLOYD
"I am going to New York," he said, not giving me time to inquire into his strange proceeding.
THE SOLDIER OF THE VALLEYNELSON LLOYD
In continuation of this topic, may I inquire when and where the two following bishops, deprived in 1690, died?
WORDS RELATED TO INQUIRE
- browse
- check
- consider
- contemplate
- dip into
- examine
- flash
- flip through
- give the once-over
- glance at
- glance over
- have a look-see
- inquire
- investigate
- leaf through
- look
- look through
- look up and down
- overlook
- regard
- riff
- riffle
- rumble
- run over
- run through
- scour
- search
- size up
- skim
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- take a gander
- take stock of
- thumb through
- beat
- beat about
- cast about
- chase after
- check
- comb
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- explore
- ferret
- forage
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- go in quest of
- go over with a fine-tooth comb
- go through
- grope
- grub
- gun for
- hunt
- hunt for
- inquire
- inspect
- investigate
- leave no stone unturned
- look
- look for
- look high and low
- look over
- poke into
- probe
- prospect
- pry
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- rake
- ransack
- rifle through
- root
- rummage
- run down
- scan
- scour
- scout
- scrutinize
- seek
- shake down
- sift
- smell around
- study
- track down
- turn inside out
- turn upside down
- beat
- beat about
- cast about
- chase after
- check
- comb
- examine
- explore
- ferret
- forage
- frisk
- go in quest of
- go over with a fine-tooth comb
- go through
- grope
- grub
- gun for
- hunt
- hunt for
- inquire
- inspect
- investigate
- leave no stone unturned
- look
- look for
- look high and low
- look over
- poke into
- probe
- prospect
- pry
- quest
- rake
- ransack
- rifle through
- root
- rummage
- run down
- scan
- scour
- scout
- scrutinize
- seek
- shake down
- sift
- smell around
- study
- track down
- turn inside out
- turn upside down
- beat
- beat about
- cast about
- chase after
- check
- comb
- examine
- explore
- ferret
- forage
- frisk
- go in quest of
- go over with a fine-tooth comb
- go through
- grope
- grub
- gun for
- hunt
- hunt for
- inquire
- inspect
- investigate
- leave no stone unturned
- look
- look for
- look high and low
- look over
- poke into
- probe
- prospect
- pry
- quest
- rake
- ransack
- rifle through
- root
- rummage
- run down
- scan
- scour
- scout
- scrutinize
- seek
- shake down
- sift
- smell around
- study
- track down
- turn inside out
- turn upside down
- be after
- beat the bushes
- bird-dog
- bob for
- cast about
- chase
- comb
- delve
- delve for
- dig for
- dragnet
- explore
- fan
- ferret out
- fish
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- follow
- go after
- gun for
- hunt
- inquire
- investigate
- leave no stone unturned
- look about
- look around
- look high and low
- mouse
- nose
- prowl
- pursue
- quest
- ransack
- root
- run after
- scout
- scratch
- search for
- search out
- sniff out
- track down
- be after
- beat the bushes
- bird-dog
- bob for
- cast about
- chase
- comb
- delve
- delve for
- dig for
- dragnet
- explore
- fan
- ferret out
- fish
- fish for
- follow
- go after
- gun for
- hunt
- inquire
- investigate
- leave no stone unturned
- look about
- look around
- look high and low
- mouse
- nose
- prowl
- pursue
- quest
- ransack
- root
- run after
- scout
- scratch
- search for
- search out
- sniff out
- track down
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