inquire
verb (used without object)
to seek information by questioning; ask.
am inquiring
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present progressiveof inquire (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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I will tell you why I am inquiring.
From Andy Grant's Pluck by Horatio Alger
Very far from foreign to the subject, said I; indeed, your explanations will be of great service in elucidating to me the points about which I am inquiring.
From The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero by Charles Duke Yonge
"The girl on whose behalf I am inquiring is called Elsie, and it seems probable she was your friend's daughter."
From A Child of the Glens or, Elsie's Fortune by Edward Newenham Hoare
"It is a fery goot evening, indeed," he said, in as quiet a voice as he could command, "but I am inquiring about these logs."
From The Man from Glengarry; a tale of the Ottawa by Ralph Connor
"Among those, friend," said the Don, "may be her for whom I am inquiring."
From The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
