The phrase "asks toward" is not commonly used in written English and may sound awkward or unclear.
It could potentially be used in contexts where someone is directing a question or inquiry towards a specific subject or person, but it is not standard.
Example: "She asks toward the group for their opinions on the matter."
Alternatives: "inquires about" or "directs questions to".
Or one day they find you wandering the halls looking for Chevy?" Maron asks, toward the end.
"But what was I supposed to do," Awesome asks toward the conclusion of the book, "pretend not to be awesome?" He does not.
("What's this grass all about?" Ranger Steve asks toward the end, in one of the show's amusing bits of annotation, going on to explain that in his states of extreme agitation Poe liked to calm his quaking spirit by lying down on a stretch of lawn and inhaling its fresh scent; you imagine that he also got some sort of erotic thrill from the idea of hugging the earth that would one day be his grave).
"What time is it?" singer/guitarist Rachel Browne asked toward the end of their set.
"Is there a way to do 'Marley & Me' for teen girls?" Bank asked, toward the end of the meeting.
Clinton passed when she was asked, toward the end of the debate, whether she believed that Sanders, if he became the Democratic nominee, could beat the Republican.
When he was asked, toward the end of lunch, where he thought computing might be headed, he paused to rephrase the question.
"What if he said he's sorry for a year?" U.S. Circuit Judge Dennis Shedd, another conservative, asked toward the end of Monday's hearing, drawing laughter from the courtroom.
A second measure of alcohol intake was based on lifetime-history assessment; these questions were asked toward the end of the interview.
"What is this?" she asks, leaning toward the TV.
"What's in a name?" Andrew asks himself toward the end of the book.
