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Example sentences for "inquiringly"

Lexicographically close words:
inquirers; inquires; inquirie; inquiries; inquiring; inquiry; inquisidor; inquisitionis; inquisitions; inquisitive
  1. He looked about him inquiringly and added: "I hope that my telling it has given all the enlightenment that was expected?

  2. But," and here she hesitated, gazing around inquiringly on the company, "I cannot understand what follows.

  3. Lord Bromley's eyes were fixed inquiringly upon her; but people were coming along the passage, and, escaping from him, she darted off.

  4. Oh," the bishop ejaculated, glancing inquiringly at his wife and daughter.

  5. Presently Lord Dawne came in, and raised his eyebrows inquiringly when he saw Angelica, who seemed to be asleep.

  6. You've been good to me, though," and Dan looked inquiringly into his father's face.

  7. Mr. Flitter laid down his paper, took his pipe from his mouth, and looked inquiringly at his son.

  8. She kept on her way to the wharf, where, looking inquiringly around her for a few seconds, with the manner of one unaccustomed to the locality, she opened the gate and disappeared.

  9. She spoke in the very same sweet voice that he had listened to a score of years before, and bent eyes of the same familiar hazel inquiringly upon him.

  10. She gave a scared glance at their pretty little snub-nosed faces, out of which their bright grey eyes looked inquiringly from the door of the back room to the door behind which the broom of welcome stood.

  11. The driver, with his red face, looked inquiringly at his fare before obeying.

  12. Fraeulein von Schwertfeger's eyes wandered watchfully and inquiringly from one to the other.

  13. Presently one of the examiners murmured with a certain positiveness to the other, who after a moment's silence replied with conviction; Miss Harper touched our surgeon's arm inquiringly and he looked back in a glad way and nodded.

  14. The District Attorney smiled inquiringly at his visitor.

  15. Williams glanced inquiringly at the broker whom he had known for a couple of years.

  16. The Justice looked inquiringly at the lawyers, but neither of them made any sign.

  17. Reaching the control position, he looked inquiringly at the Captain, who, having lowered the periscope, was leaning with folded arms against a group of valves abreast it.

  18. Mrs. Marland; and, when Charlie looked inquiringly at her, she shook her head.

  19. Lady Deane, her husband, and the General gazed inquiringly at Dora.

  20. He had not gone more than a mile when there came something to him that caused him to halt and glance inquiringly on all sides.

  21. The professor looked inquiringly at his friend, whose hand appeared to tremble as it rested on the window-glass.

  22. Only once had she looked inquiringly at Frank, to read in his face his opinion of the condition of Eliza.

  23. The baroness and Philip stood, pale as death, looking inquiringly yet doubtingly upon each other.

  24. He swallowed it, and stretched out his long neck, looking inquiringly for a second mouthful.

  25. Whistling a bar or two of "Gigolette" he poured out two glasses of a pale straw-coloured liquid, then with the shaker poised over a third glass looked inquiringly at Esther.

  26. The clerk at the desk smiled at Pollard and gazed inquiringly at the other.

  27. Miss Armstrong appears to me much improved in health," he said, placing himself by cousin Sarah as they turned with him to retrace their steps, and looking inquiringly at Mary, as if asking her to confirm the truth of his remark.

  28. Mrs. Halford closed the door gently and locked it, and Henry, placing a chair near the table for his mother, seated himself and looked inquiringly at her.

  29. Korableva stuck her needle into the sack she was sewing and gazed inquiringly through her glasses at Maslova.

  30. Maslova glanced inquiringly at the inspector, and shrugging her shoulders, as if in wonder, followed Nekhludoff to the bench, and straightening her skirt, sat down beside him.

  31. The minister's voice was weak; every now and then people looked inquiringly at one another, and there were fine hisses of interrogation.

  32. He gave his daughter Eliza a little nudge, and looked inquiringly at them and at her, but she shook her head slightly--she did not know who they were.

  33. Before long the astronomer roused himself a little more, and glanced inquiringly about him, but soon relapsed into his comatose condition.

  34. The captain glanced inquiringly towards Ben Zoof, and the orderly, by a significant nod, made his master understand that he was to play the part that was implied by the title.

  35. Gerrard bent down over his horse's shoulder, and looked inquiringly into the face of a small and exceedingly ill-clad girl of about ten years of age.

  36. Gaspare, who was standing up in the stern, with his hands holding fast to the rail that edged the cabin roof, bent down till his brown face was on a level with hers, and his big eyes were staring inquiringly into her eyes.

  37. The musicians passed round a small leaden tray for soldi, and the waiter brought the Marchesino the bill, and looked inquiringly at Artois, aware that he at least was not a Neapolitan.

  38. The moaning ceased, the eyelids opened feebly, the eyes looked inquiringly around, and the lips tried to say something.

  39. She looked inquiringly at the countess, who approached her with a low and solemn courtesy.

  40. Frederick, already standing on the threshold, turned once more; his great, luminous eyes rested inquiringly on this pale, threatening figure.


  41. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "inquiringly" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.