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How to use inquisitively in a sentence

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Yesterday I had the pleasure of spending 45 minutes with a beautiful woman, gazing inquisitively into my eyes.
I pulled my arm under the sheets self-consciously, shrugging when he looked at me inquisitively. He probably thought I had been cutting.
He looked inquisitively at his future sister-in-law and she nodded in affirmation.
A tiny multicoloured parrot flew from shoulder to shoulder to peer at us inquisitively, while a small tame monkey searched for fleas in our hair.
She looked at him inquisitively, squinching her eyes, deciding against the kick.
The next house had a collection of pickaninny dolls on shelves running the length of the living room, and a plump orange cat that blinked and mewed inquisitively as he passed.
One stops to inquisitively sniff some flowers laid near the back of the stage.
They both tapped inquisitively at a gray cannister with a pink, rubbery filling, their lips curled.
In the instant of a demi-pause, he would look inquisitively at his listeners, then continue.
Nestled safely between your arms your child can look inquisitively all around.
Less successful are the whole grilled sardines, which arrive with heads and tails upturned inquisitively and with a deeply charred outer layer that has to be peeled away to get a few meagre bites of the tart, salty fish.
Like young monkeys, apes, or humans, they poked and pried inquisitively at anything that seemed pokable or priable.
Sometime during the 1890s, English artist Francis Barraud painted a picture of his brother's dog, Nipper, inquisitively listening to a phonograph.
The bunny rabbit inquisitively sniffs his way round his new home. Happy and well-fed on carrots and water by the children in his new hutch: a good life!
Yet many of those who enter stop inquisitively at the serious young men in anoraks standing beside a modified supermarket trolley, who are collecting signatures for a petition to abolish the army.
In a luscious converted Turkish bathhouse setting, it's half flirtatious, gin-cocktail mingling spot and half modern American restaurant with an inquisitively playful dinner menu.
After dropping a letter off at the England and Wales Cricket Board offices, I heard the familiar sound of leather on willow and inquisitively wandered over to the Nursery Ground to see what was going on.
Exploration behaviour, on the other hand, is what Bowlby calls the behaviour of small children when they feel safe, distance themselves from the carer and inquisitively explore their surroundings.
Examples from Classical Literature
Wiles opened the door a little impatiently, yet inquisitively, as Dobbs passed.
He examined them on all sides, sniffing and looking inquisitively at their faces.
Gabrielle, who had heard balmer distinctly, looked at George inquisitively.
He looked hard and inquisitively at me, and then turned abruptly away.
The Mouse looked at her rather inquisitively, and seemed to her to wink with one of its little eyes, but it said nothing.
Athos, as the name of Raoul was pronounced, looked inquisitively at D'Artagnan, in order to see if any curiosity was painted on his face.
He looked at me so inquiringly, so inquisitively, that I went on.
Farmer Groby had espied the two figures from the distance, and had inquisitively ridden across, to learn what was their business in his field.
The Church may not attempt rashly and inquisitively to lift the veil.
The surgeon glanced at him inquisitively, but asked no questions.
For some moments he remained silent, merely looking me inquisitively in the face.
Pierre had been listening somewhat inquisitively to all this chatter.
I then gazed at her so inquisitively that she understood instinctively.
Bruno looked at me inquisitively, but he said nothing this time.
The peasants had all got up from the cart and were inquisitively and mirthfully staring at the meeting of the friends, making their comments on it.
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