ask quietly
Frequency: 7.814.5 per million words
To ask in a way that makes little sound.
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Examples (10)
- Not wanting to disturb the others, he leaned over and asked quietly for the time.
- "Is everything alright?" she asked quietly, noticing his worried expression.
- The little boy asked quietly if he could have another piece of cake.
- During the lecture, she had to ask her neighbor quietly for a pen.
- He knelt down and asked quietly, "Will you marry me?"
- While everyone else was shouting, he was quietly asking for help.
- "Are you still awake?" he asked quietly into the dark room.
- The defendant leaned over to ask his lawyer a question quietly so the jury wouldn't hear.
- Please ask him quietly to come to my office; I don't want to cause a scene.
- He quietly asked the nurse for an update on his wife's condition.