Asking and Hearing

Asking

Asking noun - The verbal act of requesting.
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Synonyms for Asking

Hearing and asking are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hearing" instead a noun "Asking".

Nearby Words: ask, asked

Hearing

Hearing noun - Range of hearing.

Asking and hearing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Asking" instead a noun "Hearing".

Nearby Words: hear, hearer

Both words in one sentence

  • I've always enjoyed imagining Robin asking him about this point blank, and hearing, "To make you ask questions..."
  • "Dear John" Letter Rhoda writes this to Victor but after hearing of Pearl Harbor writes a second letter asking him to forget it.
  • Corrupt Church: Siegfried's priest, upon hearing that he raped a commoner and possibly drove her to suicide, assigns him a trivial penance and broadly hints that she was asking for it.
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