How do you use Asking in a sentence? See 20 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like request, plus the exact meaning.
Asking meaning
present participle of ask
Synonyms of Asking
Example sentences (20)
After receiving no response, he wrote in person to executives in February 2021 asking them to review their catalogue.
After the dramatic scene was over, she could be heard asking for a chilled bottle of water to wash down her troubles.
A Forum Research survey shows less than a third (31 per cent) felt comfortable asking for mental health support.
All of these extras come at a premium over the standard Flying Spur, pushing its asking price north of $260,000.
A DWP assessment form will be sent to you asking about your condition and you may need to have an assessment.
According to court documents, Rojas-Silva was asking her to put her mask back on, which was off at the time.
According to him, many localities and villages are asking Ranee if similar projects can be allotted to them.
Adam Hulme was 28 when he sexually assaulted the teen and sent her explicit messages asking her to perform sex acts on him.
A cogent postmortem of the two-state solution would have begun by asking whether it was ever really alive.
After asking what was wrong, he told her he was furious she had ‘wasted’ money buying him the cheapest gift on his wishlist.
After being away for a long while, I get back and he starts asking me funny questions about the future.
According to police, Neely began acting in a “hostile and erratic manner” while asking commuters for food and something to drink.
A hooded man outside the restaurant can be seen making a video, threatening and asking those in the restaurant whether they are scared.
Always beware of any unsolicited or unexpected communications asking for personal information or telling you to download an attachment.
And what I am suggesting is, or what I am asking really is, and I really am asking, I would like debate,” he said.
Administration will be asking for council to pass second reading on March 13 and third reading on March 27 regarding both bylaw changes.
After being swarmed by messages from people asking how they could help, she started a GoFundMe page, which has raised more than $31,000.
So it’s not like we’re asking for something that is unreasonable, we’re just asking for things to be done fairly.
According to the research, property sales in the community – a former slate quarrying hub - achieved 18 per cent above their asking price.
Alina Durham, mother of Shaelene Keeler Bell, is asking people to sign either the e-petition or a paper one in honour of her late daughter.
Phrases with asking
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with asking
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- asking for 50×
- asking the 25×
- are asking 18×
- is asking 17×
- asking them 13×
- and asking 10×
- asking about 10×
- asking him 9×
- not asking 8×
- be asking 7×
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About these examples
The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word asking. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.