Below you will find example sentences with "asking questions". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Asking Questions in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: asking
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 6
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 21.4 words

Words in this phrase

asking questions

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • asking can mean: present participle of ask Frequent word
  • questions can mean: plural of question Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 6 start, 8 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

and are asking questions about him 1× and began asking questions of the 1× and then asking questions that allow 1× asking questions they would 1× asking questions was a 1× basically by asking questions about game 1× caring listening asking questions communicating more 1× fear of asking questions as an 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

aaron rodgers would 1× and by embracing 1× arriving in pouring 1× as jagdeo is 1× asking questions they 1× asking questions was 1×

Common sentence endings:

alone tough questions 1× and asking questions 1× and cladding project 1× and create anticipation 1× asking questions to 1× be a sign 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

people 4× idea 3× know 2× may 2× ask 2× hard 2× encourage 2× various 2× main 2× answer 1× year 1× seem 1×

Related phrases

answer questions ask questions questions posed questions regarding

Phrases around this combination

Just before it in the phrase index:

ask questions asian restaurant asian games asian countries asian american asia pacific

Just after it in the phrase index:

aspect ratio aspect ratios assad regime assassination attempt assembly constituency assembly elections

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same ending:

answer questions ask questions

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "asking questions" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 21.4 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as and are asking questions about him, and began asking questions of the, people, idea and know stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with answer questions, ask questions and questions posed, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with asking questions

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

He was just asking questions. (5 words)

Aaron Rodgers would encourage asking questions. (6 words)

I’d encourage her to prioritize meeting people, gathering information and asking questions. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

The students asking questions reportedly had to participate in a rehearsal of the event, and Baxley left feeling “unsatisfied” to see the vice president respond to alleged “scripted” questions, the outlet reported. (32 words)

But they also have no time for distractions in the workplace - of the main reasons for a loss of productivity in the office, colleagues asking questions were the main factors. (30 words)

Away from Facebook, another group of residents started a WhatsApp chat and began asking questions of the various companies involved in the building’s management, energy, and cladding project. (29 words)

Example sentences (20)

Asking questions they would know the answer to: Asking what year it is may seem trivial but could be a sign.

Why asking question if you know that you will walk out on someone you are asking questions to.

The students asking questions reportedly had to participate in a rehearsal of the event, and Baxley left feeling “unsatisfied” to see the vice president respond to alleged “scripted” questions, the outlet reported.

And by embracing the fear of asking questions as an existential condition, we can help each other find the courage to ask the hard questions in 2025.

Instead of asking questions about aeroshell sensor design and terrain-relative navigation, it promised to ask questions about people.

I was extremely shy growing up and had a hard time asking questions, let alone tough questions.

Aaron Rodgers would encourage asking questions.

Arriving in pouring rain, they met staff and volunteers in the warehouse, the King asking questions about how the surplus food is received and distributed to community organisations.

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As Jagdeo is fully aware by now, the Guyanese people-all of them-are beginning to have doubts about him, and are asking questions about him.

Asking questions was a baby step on the road to standing behind the podium.

Away from Facebook, another group of residents started a WhatsApp chat and began asking questions of the various companies involved in the building’s management, energy, and cladding project.

Basically, by asking questions about game states, I can give us an idea of what may have happened, or maybe what is going to happen, and create anticipation.

But they also have no time for distractions in the workplace - of the main reasons for a loss of productivity in the office, colleagues asking questions were the main factors.

Develop more stability through truthful and caring listening, asking questions, communicating more, always coming from the heart of the matter.

Dr. Tracey said she takes a holistic approach to medicine, starting with her patients’ specific complaints and then asking questions that allow her to understand the whole story.

He also urged that youths should imbibe the idea of asking questions when in doubt to get a vast idea from various perspectives.

He said he realized that people were asking questions about why he had not won for so long.

He said, “So, it’s too early to start asking questions about a case that just commenced where the suspect is yet to be apprehended.

He was just asking questions.

I’d encourage her to prioritize meeting people, gathering information and asking questions.

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