inquisitiveness

Example Sentences

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Of course she winds up paying for her inquisitiveness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

But she voices this with an inquisitiveness instead of sorrow.

From Salon • Aug. 3, 2025

The BTP's review found that while no act or omission in the investigation was made maliciously, there was a "lack of professional inquisitiveness exacerbated by dilatory and lazy practices".

From BBC • Aug. 10, 2023

I now bear a visual reminder of one creature that sparked my wonder of the natural world, and of those people I cherish because of their inquisitiveness, their science knowledge, integrity and their friendship.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 28, 2023

The Savage meanwhile wandered restlessly round the room, peering with a vague superficial inquisitiveness at the books in the shelves, at the sound-track rolls and reading machine bobbins in their numbered pigeon-holes.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley