Ask

I asked her age.

I didn't know the answer so I asked.

Everyone always asks what my advice is, and my advice is don’t overintellectualize your art.

I asked her (for) her age.

I’m going to ask this lady (for) directions.

If you want to know, ask her.

to ask for a second helping at dinner

to ask for help with homework

to ask a favour

If you want help, you only have to ask.

Ask, and it shall be given you.

Services during Yom Kippur are held continuously through the day and include readings from the Torah and the reciting of prayers expressing regret or asking for forgiveness.

Emma asked Jim to close his eyes.

She asked to see the doctor.

Did you ask to use the car?

to ask a question

to ask a riddle

He is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself.

What price are you asking for the house?

It’s asking a lot of this old car to make it all the way up to Scotland.

But in any Exigence of State, like that they are now pressed with, it certainly asks a much longer time to conduct any Design, for the Good of the Common-wealth, to its Maturity and Perfection.

Don’t ask them to the wedding.

Even when the damage isn't that clear cut, the intangible burdens of a bad image can add up. Just ask Dow Chemical.

To ask for a gift is a privilege, a wonderful expression of commitment to and ownership of the organization. Getting a yes to an ask can be a rush, but asking for the gift can and should be just as rewarding.

That really does not seem much of an ask.

I know this is a big ask, but …

Communication researchers call this the foot-in-the-door syndrome. Essentially it's based on the observation that people who respond positively to a small “ask” are more likely to respond to a bigger “ask” later on.

Answering 'asks' like this is one common way that Tumblr bloggers interact with their followers, so it is in the act of publicly answering these asks that I examine community building practices.

The following example from Black Mental Health illustrates an ask from an anonymous follower seeking social support: […]

Once the number of unanswered Asks in the inbox was over eight thousand, despite us deleting everything accumulated in the inbox once a year.

He looked at the beast. It was not an eel. It was very like an ask.

We hear of Adder dens, but detailed accounts of the discovery of one are very rare. Service (1902) records that a peatman, when levelling on an estate by the Solway, found in a hole in the ground, some 8 inches below the surface, 40 adders, 10 toads and a large number of asks (lizards).