Sentence examples for briefly asked from inspiring English sources

She had briefly asked people to refer to her using the pronouns "they" and "them".

They overlooked a rhetorical question that was briefly asked, and not answered, about the difficulty in determining "when irrational exuberance has unduly escalated asset values".

"There were some who spoke to me briefly, asked me to sign a record and said 'Thank you, goodnight, see you next year.' That was smashing.

Two other meetings followed the election, a meeting and drinks reception on 6 July 2010, and a dinner at Number 10 on 18 November, where Cameron briefly asked the Telegraph chairman for his views on Rupert Murdoch's bid for BSkyB.

Sure, he briefly asked what happened to me, how I ended up in a wheelchair, but he asked in the same manner that someone would ask you what store you bought your dashing new shoes in, and he shrugged it off just as fast, with nary a tinge of pity in his eye.

Facebook's founder was briefly asked about regulation.

Jones's works are often politically pointed, and toward the end of this one he paused at the microphone and spoke very briefly, asking, essentially, Dare we hope again?

For the first time, they will then be able to briefly ask each other questions in the final segment of the session – at about midnight.

He stopped into perhaps a dozen shops while I was with him: "It must be election time!" he'd say upon entering, before depositing a couple of ACT brochures and chatting briefly, asking about people's concerns and if there was anything he should know.

Drop the managing editor a quick note saying that you will be sending a release in the near future, or perhaps get them on the phone and very politely and briefly ask them if it would be alright to send them a story and photo of the mousetrap.

Abdulkareem Hadi, a shop owner in Karada, said that late Saturday he had to go home briefly, and asked two of his friends to watch his store.