Sentence examples for mildly asked from inspiring English sources

Yet when Ed Miliband mildly asked the PM about flood prevention, he spoke as Mrs Noah might have done with Mr Noah over breakfast.

And wasn't it Abraham Lincoln who, on receiving a complaint that Ulysees Grant, his best general, was a drunk, mildly asked what type of whiskey Grant drank so he could buy some for his other generals?

Hetherington, it becomes clear, shot this piece of film himself, and we can hear him mildly asking the driver: "Which way is the frontline from here?" – the accidental line of dialogue that gives Junger's documentary its resonant title.

Later, during the First World War, he acted as a go-between for Lloyd George and Clemenceau, but to Fontaine he is simply a charm-powered cad, who mildly asks of Balsan, "Mind if I borrow her for a few days?," as if Mlle.

I've been living in Melbourne for four months and this was the first time I was actively (very mildly aggressively) asked for money (e.g. panhandled or bluntly begged) by anyone.

"What's up?" Bobby asked mildly.

"What about breakfast?" her mother asked mildly.

Manager Joe Girardi seemed mildly annoyed when asked his inclination.

Roland Rat Self-styled rodent superstar who talked in a Rada version of cockney and asked mildly cheeky questions.

Eyeing the woman's breast-squashing halter top and dirt-splattered shorts, she asked mildly, "What are those stains?

At one point I became mildly alarmed when asked to sit down at a makeup mirror before which stood two wigs.