Sentence examples for solicit an answer from inspiring English sources

Elmhurst, a private, Protestant college affiliated with the United Church of Christ  — which endorsed gay marriage in 2005 — is believed to be the first college or university in the country to actively solicit an answer to the question of an applicant's sexuality.

The first question in a pair solicits an answer to a problem and the second question solicits an explanation of a student's reasoning.

If the student's answer is not ideal (i.e., it cannot be understood or interpreted as correct by the system), sub-dialogues are initiated with the goal of soliciting a better answer.

The question also constitutes a gentle threat ("This better be healthy") and is just patronizing enough to solicit a defensive and reassuring answer such as "Why, yes of course!

To solicit an opinion, though, he needed a specific case.

It would solicit an invitation from someone in a village.

Would Lochte solicit a prostitute?

"You can't solicit a prostitute who doesn't exist.

This involved soliciting a "yes" or "no" answer to a series of statements like "things keep getting worse as I get older," or "as you get older, you get less useful".

Instead of training staff to simply procure participant signatures, centers have trained staff to solicit and answer participants' questions so that they can make informed decisions.

Or, an instructor may solicit only one answer from the class and therefore fail to expose the range of ideas held by students.