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The phrase "asked like a" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when comparing the manner in which someone asked something to a specific style or behavior.
Example: "She asked like a child, full of curiosity and wonder."
Alternatives: "inquired as if" or "questioned in the manner of".
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"So," a reporter asked, "like a handshake?" "Yes, that type of thing," the official replied.
"What have we got for you today?" he asked like a Blue Peter presenter of old.
"I was asked, like, a thousand times, will Donald Trump accept the election results," she said, "and now you have the Democrats and Jill Stein saying they will not accept the election results?
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"He's not going to rape her, is he?" I asked, like an idiot dupe.
Blue, he says when someone asks, like a jay's.
"Would you care for some informal processing?" Dodd asks, like a waiter offering cream and sugar.
"Say something else in your language," he asks, like a child.
I hear some of you asking, like a character in a Schoolhouse Rock cartoon.
"So, do you love your car?" Doug would call and ask, like an obstetrician checking on a new mother.
"U.K.!" they declared to anyone who asked, like fans representing a soccer club.
He just asked, like someone in a daze, "Did you know?
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