Sentence examples for I asked directly from inspiring English sources

"Did your husband have secrets that would've upset Roger?" I asked directly now.

During one of these meetings I asked directly whether the government would move to close down the Guardian's reporting through a legal route – by going to court to force the surrender of the material on which we were working.

I gathered scant information when I asked directly if we were the descendants of Marranos, forced Christian converts who maintained a dual identity to escape persecution during the Spanish Inquisition.

I asked directly if Ripley, who told me himself we were on his property, had invested in the company.

If you don't like me is there something you'd like me to change about me?" I asked directly, "Do you want me to change me?

So, I ask directly -- and I ask that elected officials, subscribers, and the media ask -- is the WSJ taking the position that the Act should be declared unconstitutional?

So I ask directly to these legislators who think that political correctness is destroying America: please create laws to protect children from cisgender heterosexual men in roles of perceived leadership who prey on the weak and innocent.

Once at a conference I was asked directly whether I'd give up the stock boom in order to avoid the rising inequality it caused.

After an hour of getting to know each other I finally asked directly, "Will I be seeing you naked at any point?" "What's the hurry, Trapper Joe?"  he said.

Twice I was asked directly, not quite joking, how I could believe sex between men was natural.

"Suddenly, this one question where I'm asked directly about my sexuality, and give an honest answer, becomes the headline," she recalls, still a little perplexed.