Sentence examples for inquisitive if from inspiring English sources

Though Mr. Grasso, who spent 35 years at the exchange, forged an earthy, backslapping bond with the members, Mr. Thain has a more inquisitive, if not academic, rapport as he peppers traders with questions about their work at their stations.

It's only that I'm inquisitive, if you like, and I keep testing it.

Previous experiences meant community members had little confidence in raising any issues; in some circumstances even fearing that the drugs they would receive might be compromised because of being 'too inquisitive': If you start questioning things here they will say you are politicking and I don't want anything to do with such.

Mads Mikkelsen's Hannibal is a forlorn observer, almost inquisitive, as if he's from another planet.

His face was pleasant, his brow high, his mouth gentle, and his brown eyes warmly inquisitive, as if to say, Yes, I like you, and yes, I want to know more about you.

It looks a bit like a sea bass, except that it has spines on its head, like a sea robin, and notably large, inquisitive eyes, If someone told me that a sea horse or an electric eel or an angler fish changed the flavor of a stew, I would believe it without a moment's hesitation, but the rascasse proves that there must be more to a fish than meets the eye.

The "you are still young" and the inquisitive colleagues asking if you are feeling better now.

Their year away had turned them into inquisitive, confident - if occasionally wild - little boys who would eat anything, talk to everyone, and had learned to argue very well.

They can portray this very dynamic, inquisitive character that if they were not in costume they would be breaking social norms.

When one inquisitive Redditor asked if there were any "Seinfeld" plots that had to be scrapped because they "pushed the limits too far," Seinfeld revealed there was once a gun episode in the works.

Social science experts guided by health belief and self efficacy models/theories hold that sometimes the more a person is learned the more he or she becomes sensitive of knowledge related issues and therefore a person becomes more inquisitive or suspicious if not well informed and convinced [ 29].