ASK in a Sentence

Learn ASK from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
420 example sentences for ASK, such as:
1. Better ask twice than lose you way once.
2. I forgot to ask you something, and it's important.
3. When you arrive, go to reception and ask for George.
4. If they say you are good, ask yourself if it be ture.
5. If they say you are good, ask yourself if it be true.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of ASK
ask
 v.  make a request or demand for something to somebody
 v.  direct or put; seek an answer to
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  I dare not ask you to do what I think right, for I may still be misled by passion.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
2  I looked back at my cousin who began to ask me questions in her low, thrilling voice.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
3  I forgot to ask you something, and it's important.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
4  It was on the tip of my tongue to ask his name when Jordan looked around and smiled.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
5  "If you want anything just ask for it, old sport," he urged me.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
6  "Don't ask me," said Owl Eyes, washing his hands of the whole matter.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
7  I was going to ask to see the rubies when the phone rang and Gatsby took up the receiver.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
8  "I wouldn't ask too much of her," I ventured.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
9  "Then I need ask no further," said the clergyman, somewhat hastily rising from his chair.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In X. THE LEECH AND HIS PATIENT
10  Oh, my dear Miss Dashwood," said Mrs. Palmer soon afterwards, "I have got such a favour to ask of you and your sister.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 20
11  I came to inquire, but I was convinced before I could ask the question.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 27
12  My love I would ask them with all my heart, if it was in my power.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 36
13  But I had just settled within myself to ask the Miss Steeles to spend a few days with us.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 36
14  We can ask your sisters some other year, you know; but the Miss Steeles may not be in town any more.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 36
15  I suppose Lady Middleton won't ask us any more this bout.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 38
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  If you would make an enemy, lend a man money and ask it of him again.
2  You can ask him again if you like, but it won't make any difference - he'll still say no.
3  We have had to ask the agency and their client to tone their ads down.
4  We always ask for man to innocent as child, but able as father.
5  You can ask for a chemical analysis of your tap water.
6  You can ask the students some questions to lead them to make a careful analysis of the style of the writer.
7  A fool can ask more questions than seven wise men can answer.
8  A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years.
9  When you arrive, go to reception and ask for George.
10  If they say you are good, ask yourself if it be true.
11  Better spare to have of thine own, than ask of other man.
12  Better ask twice than lose you way once.
13  Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms.
14  Animals are such agreeable friends --they ask no questions, they pass no criticism.
15  If they say you are good, ask yourself if it be ture.