The phrase "asked for traditional" is not complete and lacks context, making it difficult to determine its correctness in written English.
It could be used in a context where someone is requesting something that is traditional in nature, but it needs additional information to clarify what is being asked for.
Example: "During the meeting, she asked for traditional recipes to be included in the cookbook."
Alternatives: "requested traditional" or "sought traditional".
If he refuses the prayer and asks for traditional ritual, we might take him to the place where they exorcise the spirit by ritual.
"If Inuit had been consulted 200 years ago and asked for their traditional knowledge – this is our backyard – those two wrecks would have been found, lives would have been saved.
She asked for those traditional things little girls dream of.
The British had asked for the traditional Honors of War (marching out with dignity, flags waving, muskets shouldered, and playing an enemy [American] tune as a tribute to the victors), but remembering that the British, on taking Charleston earlier in the war, had refused the Americans (under Benjamin Lincoln) the same privilege, Washington firmly denied their request.
Resulting modifications to the 2012 survey included: 1) restricting the child survey to children aged 4 and older; 2) for both the child and adult questionnaires, follow-up questions were not asked for individual traditional healers, movement therapies, and special diets.
A decade ago, Mr. Seo said, he began seeing people coming up his hill again, asking for a traditional kiln heat bath.
WHEN ordering one of Amy Sedaris's grapefruit-size cheese balls made of smoked Gouda, A1 steak sauce, cream cheese and butter, all rolled in crushed nuts, there are a few important things to know: 1. Do not ask for the traditional -- she doesn't like to make that kind because it calls for pimentos.
A commercial that began running online before it appeared on TV asked for a reassessment of traditional standards of beauty.
"We asked for a shabono, [a traditional gathering place for Venezuela's indigenous Yanomami] and we got a football stadium that not only looks like a shabono but has a rooftop that is inspired by the traditional penacho [headdress]," said Rodríguez of the 55,000-seat venue with sliding yellow, blue and red panels.
Two-thirds of participants also felt that without alcohol they would not be bold enough to seek out sex outside of their primary relationships or to ask for non-traditional sexual positions.
