Sentence examples for precious asking from inspiring English sources

They may, however, impose more restrictions than librarians if assets are irreplaceable or precious — asking patrons to wear gloves, for instance.

Of course, the logical thing to do would be to go to a doctor about the wound rather than wasting precious time asking such questions.

All of Stephenson's novels published since the late 1990s have been best sellers, and some of his original editions go for precious-metal asking prices online.

"Are we creating an environment that's too precious?" she asked.

Thinking that the narrator has read her story, Precious Auntie asks what Lu Ling feels.

Precious few asked what caused the fire and what the destruction left in the way of new realities, lessons and cautions.

And the government is asking precious little in return.

Many prosecution witnesses — mostly church staff members — unnecessarily doubled as "victims"; the defense, for its part, has spent its precious cross-examination time asking questions like "Doesn't Christ teach you forgiveness?" The Pussy Riot trial is Russia's Nazis-in-Skokie moment, its Hustler v. Falwell, but it is unfolding amid universal disregard for the letter of the law.

The event quickly devolved into a sad and pathetic single-issue begging session, the majority of those precious 90 minutes squandered asking the candidates in different ways to declare their support for same-sex marriage over and over.

"Did you see your precious imam?" Ziad asked.

After the success of the recent movie Precious, it was asked what other kinds of roles lead character Gabourey Sidibe would be cast in considering not only her weight, but her dark skin.