inquired
past form of “inquire” — address a question to and expect an answer from
An inflected form of inquire · past form.
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,282 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 14,347 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.007% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- address a question to and expect an answer from also: ask, enquire Ask your teacher about trigonometryThe children asked me about their dead grandmother
- have a wish or desire to know something also: wonder, enquire He wondered who had built this beautiful church
- conduct an inquiry or investigation of also: investigate, enquire The district attorney's office investigated reports of possible irregularitiesinquire into the disappearance of the rich old lady
inquired in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Silvère at last inquired, resuming the conversation in spite of himself.
The Fortune of the Rougons · Émile Zola · Chapter 1
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Then-- "You've never been in Ferrara's rooms, have you?" he inquired.
Brood of the Witch-Queen · Sax Rohmer · Chapter 1
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And beckoning to the agents who accompanied him to stop at the door,--“Monsieur Vincent Favoral?” he inquired.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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Joseph inquired, and Azariah had again to hazard the answer that a thousand years would make an old tree.
The Brook Kerith: A Syrian story · George Moore · Chapter 1
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All this, being town's talk, Christian already knew; more she had never inquired, not even when she was engaged to him.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1