inquire after
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Should I inquire after my gift or just let this disappear into the ether, knowing that I helped someone I care about?
From Washington Post ● Feb. 23, 2023
How can one write to a colleague of nearly a decade, for the first time since their departure for medical reasons, and not politely inquire after their health?
From Salon ● Dec. 19, 2021
I inquire after the contents of the note, and he wrinkles his nose.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 8, 2018
He asked this in the manner a psychiatrist might inquire after the mental health of a patient.
From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2018
Had not Zau almost said he would accept him, a month before his father died, when Zau had come to inquire after his old friend’s health?
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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