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Example sentences for "ask her"

  • I was anxious to know, but did not dare to ask her, so I told her that although I was not a scholar, I had studied Chinese for some time and could read and write a little, that if she would give me a list I would try and read it.

  • We knew they were afraid to ask Her Majesty, and of course we had to tell them.

  • Mrs. Conger said that she had something to ask Her Majesty, and told the Missionary lady to proceed.

  • One August afternoon Susan, arriving home from the office at one o'clock, found Mrs. Carroll waiting to ask her a favor.

  • She observed with a little complacence that she had anticipated just some such event, and so had given Peter Coleman no chance to ask HER.

  • The tollman looked at his wife, uncertain whether to ask her if she had anything to suggest, or to order her to mind the children.

  • There is a person of the name of Gamp, sir--Mrs Gamp--ask her.

  • She knew enough of herself to be quite sure that were he to ask her to do so to-morrow, she would refuse him.

  • She took his offered hand and pressed it so warmly, that had he not been manly and big-hearted, he would have taken such pressure as a sign that she wished him to ask her again.

  • But I warn you that I mean to ask her, and to wait for her.

  • I trust to your chivalry not to ask her, till I come back.

  • It is against your father's expressed wish that she should have anything to do with me, but I told him that I could not and would not promise not to ask her.

  • But ask my mother, talk to her, ask her advice; she at any rate will only tell you that which must be best for your own happiness.

  • He didn't like to ask her at once whether she was going to get married.

  • I tell you, I must stand to them; you don't suppose I'd ask her to pay a penny as a favour?

  • He told her he loved the princess so deeply that he could not live without her, and meant to ask her in marriage of her father.

  • The report of her wonderful beauty has spread far and wide, and many powerful kings have sent embassies to ask her hand in marriage.

  • When I used to ask her to suggest (one does, you know: it is so hard to think up a variety!

  • We shall have to ask her to read a paper for the Club!

  • He are a-going to ask her to-night and I promised to keep Paw outen the way for him, 'cause Paw WILL get away from Maw and come talk crops with him sometimes on the front porch.

  • I took advantage of a moment when she was smiling across at Marguerite to ask her, "Whom are you looking at?

  • Reaching Paris, I hastened off to see Prudence, intending to ask her to go and keep Marguerite company, in the hope that her mirth and liveliness would distract her.

  • Well, I went to ask her if the horse was any better, and if she wanted your shawl and your jewels any longer.

  • Did her father mean to ask her if she could feel the mooddin in his minaret far above them?

  • She had thought it would be easy to ask her way, but now that she had need to do so she was afraid to speak.

  • Melbury wanted to ask her a dozen questions--did she not feel jealous?

  • He then managed to ask her, in a clumsy, constrained way, if she had had a pleasant journey, and seen many interesting sights.

  • If that was true, would Rachael be so awfully good as to ask her to go see Mrs. Haviland?

  • Long ago she had learned that whatever impulse had moved Clarence Breckenridge to ask her to marry him was quickly displaced by his vision of Billy's need as being greater than his own.

  • The only way to find out is to ask her," said Mr. Forbes, smiling.

  • If she's on the train, ask her to get off and answer my call.

  • I want to ask her something," repeated Teddy.

  • Well, I want to ask her if I may have a cracker," said Teddy.

  • When he saw the Counterpane Fairy again he was going to ask her if he mightn't take his mother into one of the stories with him.

  • I mean to ask her just as soon as ever I'm well.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ask her" 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:
    ask the; ask you; asked for; asked him; asked leave; asked myself; asked permission; asked the; asked them; asked whether; asked you; asking him; colored lights; double star; explosive shell; higher criticism; hour they; lesse then; middle class; music director; not going; raise wages; same effect; sudden stop; ten feet; three boys