Sentence examples for ask after from inspiring English sources

"ask after" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is used to ask someone about the well-being or condition of another person. For example, "I didn't see her at the store, so I asked after her."

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ask after

verb

To enquire about the health or progress (of someone).

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'Why are you here?' they'd ask, after they'd invited me.

"We got to ask after her plantation," Lazarus told her.

Somehow it feels ridiculous to ask, after so long.

"Horrible," he says when I ask after his mood.

You might as well ask after the snows of yesteryear.

When both our fathers were sick with cancer, I would ask after Gonzalo's and he would ask after mine.

When you are introduced, he will ask after your health, as if genuinely concerned.

At the last minute, I remembered to ask after his family, "Oh, my family's amazing".

The women cooking are motherly, ask after your health and firmly correct your Thai pronunciation.

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I asked after his health.

"Fancy a sail?" he asked after breakfast.

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