INQUISITIVE in a Sentence
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36 example sentences for INQUISITIVE, such as:
1. It especially excited their inquisitiveness.
2. Let the inquisitive reader ferret it out for himself.
3. I'd have asked more questions, but I didn't want to seem inquisitive.
4. She could see inquisitive faces looking out from the windows next door.
5. Natasha looked at Sonya with wondering and inquisitive eyes, and said nothing.
2. Let the inquisitive reader ferret it out for himself.
3. I'd have asked more questions, but I didn't want to seem inquisitive.
4. She could see inquisitive faces looking out from the windows next door.
5. Natasha looked at Sonya with wondering and inquisitive eyes, and said nothing.
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Meanings and Examples of INQUISITIVE
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inquisitive
a. showing curiosity
a. inquiring or appearing to inquire
Classic Sentence: (31 in 3 pages)
1 My thoughts now became more active, and I longed to discover the motives and feelings of these lovely creatures; I was inquisitive to know why Felix appeared so miserable and Agatha so sad.
2 But in Clerval I saw the image of my former self; he was inquisitive and anxious to gain experience and instruction.
3 They had scarcely been two minutes by themselves, before he began to speak of Edward; for he, too, had heard of the living, and was very inquisitive on the subject.
4 She was the more aware of this from noticing in the inquisitive look Mihail Vassilievitch turned on her that he was, as it were, keeping watch on her.
5 And there passed before his mind a whole series of these mettlesome, vigorous, self-confident men, who always and everywhere drew his inquisitive attention in spite of himself.
6 Let the inquisitive reader ferret it out for himself.
7 Tikhon knew his master's habit of sometimes thinking aloud, and therefore met with unaltered looks the angrily inquisitive expression of the face that emerged from the shirt.
8 Natasha looked at Sonya with wondering and inquisitive eyes, and said nothing.
9 The same inquisitive, challenging, and rather mocking eyes still looked at him.
10 Pierre stopped laughing, got up, went farther away from the inquisitive man, and looked around him.
11 As no one appeared but an inquisitive daddy-longlegs, who examined her work with interest, she went to walk, got caught in a shower, and came home dripping.
12 Now this lady was a thin, yellow spinster, with a sharp nose and inquisitive eyes, who saw everything and gossiped about all she saw.
13 Edgar Linton, after an inquisitive stare, collected sufficient wit to recognise her.
14 She had become inquisitive; and so she entered into conversation directly with the strange gentleman, on their promenades.
15 I believe he found you in some unpleasant position, but do not know of what nature, for I did not ask, not being inquisitive.
Example Sentence:
1 She could see inquisitive faces looking out from the windows next door.
2 I'd have asked more questions, but I didn't want to seem inquisitive.
3 Walter is described as an inquisitive thinker who loves reading, chess, bird watching, and other old-fashioned activities.
4 The Mouse looked at her rather inquisitively, and seemed to her to wink with one of its little eyes, but it said nothing.
5 It especially excited their inquisitiveness.