O Darwaysh," said the other, "whereof askest thou?
What askest thou more, and what wilt thou have me to command to be done?
And he answered him: Why askestthou my name, which is wonderful?
And Samuel said: Why askest thou me, seeing the Lord has departed from thee, and is gone over to thy rival?
Said Ralph, "Then is it even; for thouaskest freely enough.
He said: 'I will tell the truth as I know it, because thou askest it of me, and not because I would excuse myself before thee.
Esdr 4:28 But as concerning the things whereof thou askest me, I will tell thee; for the evil is sown, but the destruction thereof is not yet come.
Esdr 5:39 As for me, I am unwise: how may I then speak of these things whereof thou askest me?
Who said to him: Why askestthou me concerning good?
Thou askest not this," answered Flosi, "because thou dost not know it already; but whose fault is it that we cannot get to the stronghold in the Great Rift?
Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria?
My Dear One, Thou askest me if I still care for thee, if the remembrance of thy face has grown less dear with the passing of the days.
Thou askestme to promise thee anew that I will not trouble thy last few years with thoughts that seem to thee a sacrilege and a desecration of thy Gods.
Thou askest how I am called," he said in cozening tones, "and thou shalt hear, that I may receive the gift which thou hast promised me.
And now thou askest me why I am so sad;--I can only answer thee by saying, that the sadness is cast upon me by some thunder gloom on thine own destiny.
Askest thou, O Hilda, the rich and the learned, askest thou counsel and lore from the daughter of Faul?
Gospel, into this,--"Why askest thou me concerning the good?
Let it however be supposed for an instant that our LORD'S reply actually was,--"Why askest thou Me concerning abstract goodness?
Godolphin, gazing on her; "art thou not aware that thou askest thine own dishonour?
Wilt thou try my art on thyself, ere thou askest it for others?
So he informed him of all things required of him and the Sultan cried, "By Allah, O Youth, thou deservest all thou askest of me.
Then Glaucus answered, "Diomed, why askest thou of my race?
This I to him; and he to me: "If I Can show to thee a truth, to what thou askest Thy face thou'lt hold as thou dost hold thy back.
Doth she regard thee with such favour that she will not deny thee anything thou askest of her?
For thou hast no Heavenly Father, none above who knowest that thou needest these things before thou askest Him.
Surely thou askest me this question because thou hast been instructed by Lazar!
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "askest" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.