ask someone out

Examples of asking

asking

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

Now, if somebody wanted to get a part of the program what would they be asking for when they approached you?
However, it really is unfair to keep asking for more.
I found myself asking on reading this, but the question is not seriously addressed.
Full-time employment status was ascertained by asking respondents how many hours they worked each week, with 35 or more hours denoting full-time.
They dressed and undressed themselves and used human toilets, wiping themselves, flushing, even asking to go potty during lessons and naptimes.
In the second study, the knowledge elicitation technique we used was protocol analysis, which involves asking experts to perform a task while thinking aloud.
Respondent religiosity was determined by asking them how often they prayed, went to temple and attended religious meetings.
What is the moral flaw exhibited by the person asking-while deliberating-about the causal order of the relevant consequences?
Once again, historians are well advised to follow their basic precepts concerning evidence, asking themselves who has produced a particular document and why.
This emphasizes the importance of asking adolescents themselves about hallucinatory experiences.
They felt willing to take responsibility for asking for a prescription but were not con dent that prescribing practices were serving their patients well.
Here, the adult appears to be asking for a term that is still unfamiliar to the child.
The interviewers were unfamiliar with the respondent's earlier data in order to reduce the chances of asking leading questions during the interviews.
It would have been useful to have taken a record of attendance at these workshops in addition to asking participants to complete a questionnaire.
We're talking about (.) asking the media to stop talking (.) about what it promises to do, and do it.
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