Sentence examples for were asked from inspiring English sources

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were sought

were spoken

belonged asked

were assessed

were investigated

"were asked" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when talking about something someone was asked to do in the past. For example: "The students were asked to complete the assignment before the end of the week."

Dictionary

were asked

verb

To (information, or an answer to a question).

I asked her age.

synonyms

Exact(56)

they were asked.

The New York Times - Sports

'Why?' they were asked.

Independent

They were asked again.

The New York Times

many were asked.

The New York Times

Because we were asked to.

Cornell University

"The Lakers?" they were asked.

The New York Times

"People were asked their opinion.

The New York Times

Similar(4)

Two Jets questions were asked.

The New York Times

For each scenario, two questions were asked.

Functional Linguistics

They were asked to answer three questions.

International Journal of STEM Education

Observers were asked to ignore the flankers.

Plosone

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were assumed

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were spoke

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