Example Sentences

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“I said, ‘Oh my God, I can’t believe it, I was querying the wrong directory,’” he says.

From Science Magazine • Jul. 23, 2015

Clara, too; she was querying how much she should tell Thurstane; all of a sudden she was dreaming.

From Overland by De Forest, J. W. (John William)

Benjamin was querying, as he spoke, whether Captain Homes had disclosed the fact of his being a runaway.

From From Boyhood to Manhood Life of Benjamin Franklin by Thayer, William M. (William Makepeace)

What did Pitt mean by those last words? she was querying.

From A Red Wallflower by Warner, Susan

While he was querying about the genuineness of the letter from Governor Keith, Captain Homes arrived in Boston, and first of all called upon his father Franklin.

From From Boyhood to Manhood Life of Benjamin Franklin by Thayer, William M. (William Makepeace)