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Example sentences for "asked what"

  • Abdallah knew no common means would do with Queen Labe: he therefore whistled in a peculiar manner, and there immediately arose a giant, with four wings, who presenting himself before him, asked what he would have?

  • He knew she must have been struck by something she saw, and, wishing to calm her, asked what it was.

  • He asked what he would have to do for that.

  • I am asked what I have to say why sentence of death should not be pronounced on me according to law.

  • I asked what would be the consequence if I did go out, and he said that I would get my neck broke.

  • I asked what he proposed to do about the matter, and he said he proposed to go to Pittsburgh, and be governed by circumstances.

  • I telegraphed to General Latta what had been suggested, and, in answer thereto, he asked what I thought of affairs.

  • As we looked toward the end of the harbor, we discovered just beyond it a new building, and I asked what it was.

  • The first time the "Doubter" saw one of these Syrian scrapers, he asked what it was.

  • He looked on with an expression similar to that of a pig contemplating a railway train, and when we got outside he asked what it was all about.

  • But on the way home was my opportunity, and I asked what my half- brother really thought of M.

  • Then of course I asked what he had to get over.

  • And when he burst into tears I asked what he meant.

  • I asked what for, and he said for trying to shoot some one.

  • I told him that I was, and he asked what time we had better start.

  • He came to the door, but did not recognize me as my hair had grown out long and my beard was all over my face, but in his usual kindly way he asked what he could do for us.

  • We asked what we had done that we should be arrested.

  • He asked what we had been doing that the authorities had a right to arrest us, adding that two men were at that very moment looking up an officer for that purpose.

  • We drove on, and when I began to laugh he asked what was up.

  • He asked what kind of horses I had for sale.

  • Chi-lu[94] asked what is due to the ghosts of the dead?

  • Asked what he thought of Tzu-hsi, the Master said, Of him!

  • Asked what he thought of Kuan Chung,[130] the Master said, He was the man that drove the Po from the town of Pien with its three hundred households to end his days on coarse rice, without his muttering a word.

  • Sylla did not perfectly hear the words, but observing a sort of amazement and wonder in the looks and gestures of those that did hear them, he asked what it was that he said.

  • Antony, seeing the heap, asked what it meant; his steward replied, "The money you have ordered to be given to your friend.

  • I asked what he was saying, and was told: 'He says that Parnell is alive yet.

  • Then the fairy king came and asked what was he doing.

  • A mother, asked what pain is greatest, said: "To see a snake coming from the grave of one's child.

  • A gipsy, asked what pain is greatest, said: "To be hungry and to see bread before the householder's dog.

  • A silver piece, asked what it was worth, replied: "If a man could shine as I can, then I am merely worth a man.

  • A man, asked what things he disliked, said an old bachelor telling love stories of his youth.

  • Then he asked what I thought about learning typewriting this summer, and taking a short practical business course in Mr. Carver's office.

  • He asked what cause of woe there was that night.

  • After dinner was over the King asked what he thought of his two daughters and their husbands.

  • But the Rajah continued calling till the Malee opened the door; who then was indeed surprised, seeing it was truly no other than the Rajah, and he asked what he could do for him.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "asked what" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    asked about; asked her; asked him; asked himself; asked leave; asked myself; asked them; asked whether; asked you; being ordained; being true; came home; considerable value; dearest creature; green pastures; irregular intervals; known lines; noble queen; periodic droughts; projective geometry; reform school; tall tree; what part; whose every; wolde have; yard high