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Sentences starting with inquiry

Inquiry failed to give him any more information of the whereabouts of the Bensons; but the clerk said they were certain to return to the Profile House. [4]
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Sentences ending with inquiry

He teaches men this doctrine, and in so doing prepares the public mind to take the next decision when it comes, without any inquiry. [7]
Also she owned the farm where she lived; and she was pleasant pasturage--that was the phrase he used in his own mind, even as his eye swept from Mere Langlois to hers in swift, hungry inquiry. [11]
With all the sight seeing he was averaging a full four letters a week--long letters, requiring careful observation and inquiry. [5]
His grave eyes rested on the stalwart stranger with courteous inquiry. [11]
The former at once perceived that something was weighing on the sculptor's mind, but he did not need any long inquiry. [10]
The latest exploit of the daring freebooter had been to stop on the plains two members of a Royal Commission of Inquiry. [11]
In this flight of fancy, Mr Swiveller was assisted by a deceptive piece of furniture, in reality a bedstead, but in semblance a bookcase, which occupied a prominent situation in his chamber and seemed to defy suspicion and challenge inquiry. [12]
But he did not push the inquiry. [9]
There is no need for inquiry. [11]
It is quite natural that you should feel some sensibility on the subject; yet I am not impressed, nor do I think the country is impressed, with the belief that your honor demands, or the public interest demands, such an inquiry. [7]

Short sentences using inquiry

He looked inquiry. [11]

More example sentences with the word inquiry in them

To his inquiry, whether she could not rejoice in the coming of the glorious time in store for redeemed humanity, she answered, tremulously: "All you hope for is glorious, no doubt, but what shall lead to it must be a terror to all. [10]
Curiosity, inquiry, expectation, were common to them all, but with each was a different personal feeling. [11]
Upon inquiry I was told that the country was full of young fellows of his like. [5]
So the inquiry was shifted once more to the revelations made to the King--secrets which the court had tried again and again to force out of Joan, but without success. [5]
A cable inquiry was immediately sent, but the reply when it came was not satisfactory, and Mrs. Clemens and Clara sailed for America without further delay. [5]
I continued my visits of inquiry, nearly always meeting some person of consequence, or the footman of such, come on the same errand as myself. [9]
Upon inquiry, it turns out that Mr. Bascom has had a front seat for the last twenty years--he has been uniformly lucky in drawing. [9]
No one knows"--she trembled under the painful inquiry of his eyes. [11]
Rudyard's words seemed to madden her, and there was a look of scrutiny and inquiry in his eyes which she saw--and saw nothing else there. [11]
Directing his man to fetch a certain kind of Madeira, he turned to me with a look of polite inquiry which was scarcely reassuring. [9]
And so, as they had the power and wish to inculpate him, this expedient of an inquiry and trial seemed unnecessary. [2]
By and by there was peace, and the inquiry was resumed. [5]
The two drank their coffee, Fielding a little uneasily; but yet in his face there was a new look: of inquiry, of kindness, even of hope. [11]
More than this the prefect knew not, and Caesar forthwith dismissed him to make further inquiry before he himself should take steps to prove the truth of the report. [10]
The change in the newspaper caused by the telegraph, the cable, and by a public demand for news created by wars, by discoveries, and by a new outburst of the spirit of doubt and inquiry, is enormous. [4]
Laura stood while the long indictment was read; and at the end, in response to the inquiry, of the judge, she said in a clear, low voice; "Not guilty. [5]
At this point the inquiry began, and, after it was over, the governor said that there the matter ended so far as we were concerned, and then he remarked gallantly that the Government of Aden would always remain Mrs. Falchion's debtor. [11]
When Halliday found the duplicate ecstasy in the face of "Shadbelly" Billson (village nickname), he was sure some neighbour of Billson's had broken his leg, but inquiry showed that this had not happened. [5]
The woman sees that there is nothing impertinent in our cursory inquiry into her domestic concerns, but, I fancy, knows that we are genial travelers, with human sympathies. [4]
It was likely that Selamlik Pasha would be secret till he saw whether Sowerby would be missed and what inquiry was made for him. [11]
He, too, says that "If an innovator should appear, holding out hope to those in despair, and curing disorders which the faculty have recorded as irremediable, he is at once, and without inquiry, denounced as an empiric and an impostor. [3]
The former name suggests nothing, invited no remark, no criticism, no inquiry, no hostility; the new name invited them all. [5]
The count was so disconcerted by this long-foreseen inquiry that without consideration he gave the first reply that came into his head. [2]
Soon, however, his sister's remonstrances caused him to restrain himself, and make inquiry as to whether Macrinus, in obedience to the emperor's orders, had sent a State ship after the galley. [10]
When he paused, Shon let go a long breath, and Lawless looked with keen inquiry at their entertainer. [11]
For an instant she stood still, regarding him intently, then turned quickly to the Lord Chamberlain in inquiry, and with sharp reproof too in her look. [11]
Very well, what shall we do--make the inquiry private? [5]
In answer to Rostov's inquiry where he was going, he answered vaguely and crossly that he had some business. [2]
Speaking of Livy reminds me that your inquiry arrives at a good time (unberufen) It has been weeks (I don't know how many! [5]
But the whole question I consider to be now transferred from the domain of medical inquiry to the consideration of Life Insurance agencies and Grand Juries. [6]
Besides this, the publication might be improper in view of the court of inquiry which has been ordered. [7]
She has a perfectly astonishing talent for putting words together in such a way as to make successful inquiry into their intention impossible. [5]
They are the party of free inquiry, liberal thought, and progress. [4]
But when, so painfully surprised that her eyes filled with tears, she confessed that her selection perhaps had not been very appropriate, and sadly added the inquiry why her beloved sovereign condemned a trivial offence so harshly, he wrathfully exclaimed, "For more than one reason. [10]
Goodson looked him over, like as if he was hunting for a place on him that he could despise the most; then he says, 'So you are the Committee of Inquiry, are you? [5]
In reply to our inquiry we were told that they had nothing to eat, for us, and not a grain of feed for the horses. [4]
He was one of thousands such, and being a person of distinction he now and then received letters of inquiry, complaint, or condolence. [5]
Halting in front of the store, the executive officer of the committee stepped forward and arrested Slade, who was at once informed of his doom, and inquiry was made as to whether he had any business to settle. [5]
After a dance of inquiry at the duke, Charles assented to this request. [10]
Whatever the means of Fellowes' death, by whomsoever caused, or by no one, further inquiry could only result in revelations hurtful to some one. [11]
Hylda became conscious of a sudden sharp inquiry going on in her mind. [11]
The grand inquiry now is, Shall we make our own comforts, or go without them at the will of a foreign nation? [7]
I tried it myself for half an hour, awhile ago, up-stairs here, while the inquiry into Flint Buckner's character and ways was being conducted in this room, and I arrived in that way at the rate of a candle's consumption when sheltered from the wind. [5]
He made no more attempts to help the inquiry, poor man. [5]
But when the monarch continued for some time to display an abstemiousness so unlike him, the marquise cast a hasty glance of inquiry at Malfalconnet. [10]
Such an inquiry might bring to light some principles which we could hereafter apply to the study of other popular errors. [6]
Presently one addressed me by name, and, on inquiry, I found him to be the gentleman who was with me in the pulpit as Orator on the occasion of another Phi Beta Kappa poem, one delivered at New Haven. [6]
I have received many letters of inquiry as to the sound resembling a woman's voice, which occasioned me so many perplexities. [6]
It was a look of inquiry, or revelation, of emotion which went to Dyck's heart. [11]
He flashed a look of inquiry at her. [11]
To Pierre's timid look of inquiry after reading the letter she replied by asking him to go, but to fix a definite date for his return. [2]
But when the little Chevalier stopped and turned his eye-glass upon him with sudden startled inquiry, he found it harder to keep composure. [11]
Once when the Little Chemist touched his wrist, his dark eyes rested on him with inquiry, and he said: "Soon? [11]
From first to last he never asked a question, and there was never any inquiry by look or word. [11]
On the long journey hither he had constantly anticipated the pleasure of telling every incident in succession, just as it had happened; but Barbara interrupted his first sentence with an inquiry how her John was faring. [10]
He learned, on inquiry, that there was a new master, a handsome young man. [6]
This is an inquiry, not an order. [7]
So presently, after inquiry, he came to the open square where the new Court House stood, the dome of which was indicated by a mass of staging, and one wing still to be completed. [9]
Further examination, further inquiry, further reflection, confirmed this judgment, and established beyond peradventure the fact that the Verb was the storm-center. [5]
We learned on inquiry that it is practically impossible to get a jury to convict of murder in this region, and that these admitted felons would undoubtedly escape. [4]
A more pertinent inquiry is, what sort of people have we become? [4]
But all that inquiry is not lost. [5]
The captain was indeed a most sympathetic listener, now throwing in a question showing keen Scotch penetration, and anon making a most ludicrous inquiry as to the dress livery our footmen wore, and whether Mr. Carvel used outriders when he travelled abroad. [9]
They recognized that in their willingness to let their fancy range for them, and to let speculation do the work of inquiry, they were no longer young. [8]
The key turned in the lock, and State Senator Nathaniel Billings appeared in the doorway, with a look of polite inquiry on his convivial face. [9]
He was standing in the Barracks Square, when a horseman rode in and made inquiry of a sergeant standing near, if Lepage had arrived at the fort. [11]
That very morning, in response to inquiry as to the sinews of travel, the Friend had displayed, without counting, a roll of bills. [4]
After the Egyptian, in reply to the artist's inquiry concerning what other works of art and implements he had seen in the studio, had answered that nothing else could be distinguished on account of the smoke, he congratulated the sculptor on his last work. [10]
By diligent inquiry in Johannesburg I found out --apparently--all the details of their side of the quarrel except one--what they expected to accomplish by an armed rising. [5]
Inquiry, mystification, were in his look. [11]
The smiling inquiry in his face was answered by the old man saying abruptly: "Fabian's gone. [11]
Henderson was never in better spirits, never more agreeable, and it did not need inquiry to convince one that he was never so prosperous. [4]
Terrified by something in Austen's eye, which may or may not have been there at the time of the Blodgett incident, Mr. Tooting fled without completing his inquiry. [9]
I once read in a novel by Jensen, as a well-attested fact, that during an inquiry made in a charity school in the capital a considerable number of the pupils had never seen a butterfly or a sunset. [10]
General Milroy, as immediate commander, was put in arrest, and subsequently a court of inquiry examined chiefly with reference to disobedience of orders, and reported the evidence. [7]
Now the whole idea of the Senate seemed to be to shield the Senator and turn inquiry away from him. [5]
On inquiry, however, I found that the somewhat solemn look which I had noticed was indeed a professional one, but not clerical. [6]
In dealing with humanity's inquiry, the science of history up to now is like money in circulation--paper money and coin. [2]
In reply to his sister's inquiry where the newly wedded pair were to be concealed, he had answered that, spite of her trustworthiness, this must remain a secret. [10]
Crozier paused in his progress, and in the moment's time it gave, Kitty, with a swift look of inquiry and with a burst of the real soul in her, caught the hand of Crozier's wife and pressed it warmly. [11]
Jane replied to his look of inquiry and told Fay's story. [13]
I have known his hiding-place for eleven years; it cost me five years and more of inquiry, and much money, to locate it. [5]
A moment ago his eyes had been bloodshot and swimming with hatred and passion; now they grew, almost suddenly, hard and lurking and quiet, with a strange, penetrating force and inquiry in them. [11]
The monocle at his eye was like a veil to hide the soul, a defence against inquiry, itself the unceasing question, a sort of battery thrown forward, a kind of field- casemate for a lonely besieged spirit. [11]
The word wounded him, and Henrica's inquiry whether he loved the stranger disturbed him, and appeared intrusive and unseemly. [10]
Prince Vasili gave him a look of stern inquiry, as though what Pierre had just said was so strange that one could not take it in. [2]
In reply to her inquiry whether it was the aristocrat who had just arrived who kept Hermon from her, he admitted that she was right, but added that the gods were above even kings, and his master was obliged to yield to the Alexandrian's will. [10]
A sudden stillness held her, and then she turned her head towards him, subdued inquiry in her eyes. [11]
The inquiry what he found lacking here was already rising to Barbara's lips when the syndic's wife came toward her, preceded by her daughter Martina, who, radiant with joy at seeing the ardently admired singer in her own house, kissed her with fervent affection. [10]
After she had handed over the receipt prepared beforehand by Kilquhanity, she replied to M. Garon's inquiry concerning her husband in these words: "Misther Garon, sir, such a man it is--enough to break the heart of anny woman. [11]
What influence Shakespeare had upon the culture and taste of his own time and upon his immediate audience would be a most interesting inquiry. [4]
Before Mr Brass had repeated his inquiry many times, Mr Quilp, also embellished with a night-cap, emerged from the same door and looked carefully up and down the street, and up at all the windows of the house, from the opposite side. [12]
But the inquiry had made her fear of additional questions so great that she rejoiced over the news that her lover would not visit her the next day. [10]
In marriage, he had been told (and was ready to believe), the wind blew where it listed; and he was a wise husband who did not spend his time in inquiry as to its sources. [9]
If he had had a headache--though he never had--he would at once have made an inquiry into the various kinds of headache possible to mortal man, with pungent deductions from his demonstrations. [11]
Standing behind his guests at table, he had an air of peremptory patronage, and the voice in which he shot out the inquiry, as he seized Philip's plate, "Beefsteak or liver? [5]
They were stringing ground wires; we were afraid to put up poles, for they would attract too much inquiry. [5]
At this Caesar, greatly disturbed, started to his feet, and desired Theocritus to make inquiry as to whether Tarautas were wounded or dead; and while the favorite was gone he could not sit still. [10]
At first the grave inquiry of her look startled Guida. [11]
The men exchanged glances, and the meaning of Lassiter's keen inquiry and Judkins's bold reply, both unspoken, was not lost upon Jane. [13]

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