How to Use ask in a Sentence

ask

1 of 2 verb

• May I ask the time?
• I need to ask a question.
• Did you ask her yet?
• We had to stop and ask directions.
• I would have given it to him, but he never asked.
• Did you ask permission to leave?
• Blanchette asked, the footage showed.
  — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2026
• Adis does the right thing and asks to leave the boat.
  — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 23 June 2026
• Stephanie asks if Sarah wants to jog.
  — Gerald Witt, AJC.com, 1 Mar. 2026
• Use the no to ask more questions.
  — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
• Little kids tug at sleeves and ask when.
  — Monti Carlo, AJC.com, 8 Mar. 2026
• He’s not being asked to split the atom.
  — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2026
• Williams asks in the opening verse.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2025
• Players have been asked about that.
  — ABC News, 8 Feb. 2026
• Doncic was asked about the foul.
  — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2026
• If no one is asking me for help, why is that?
  — Anna Louie Sussman, The Atlantic, 7 Nov. 2025
• You're asked to stand up and say something now.
  — Eric Deggans, NPR, 18 May 2026
• Patients ask you to take all of their teeth out?
  — Scott Pelley, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
• Huynh said she was not asked to write the letter.
  — Kara Scannell, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
• She was then asked again by police to drop her gun.
  — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2026
• Lynch was asked what his signing does to the draft board.
  — Vic Tafur, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
• Raba showed off her bracelets and asked about the girls’ tent.
  — Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
• Hazel, who seemed to have appeared from nowhere, asked.
  — Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026
• Trump denied the flights took place when he was asked about them.
  — Emily Goodin, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
• Take it one step at a time and don’t be afraid to ask questions.
  — Danielle Higley, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2025
• Coach Bart has to ask every time.
  — Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
• The desk chief asked Chalker for ideas.
  — David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
• After my speech, Sean asked to meet me.
  — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
• Many have called my daughter sick, or have asked what's wrong with her.
  — Blake Bakkila, Health, 9 Aug. 2023
• Davis asked, thinking about his son’s killer who still hasn’t been caught.
  — Cameron Knight, Cincinnati Enquirer, 8 Mar. 2026

ask

2 of 2 noun

• Then earn the ask—and next, the lead.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
• For the past decade-plus, that’s been a big ask.
  — Fred Katz, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
• Now the ask is to help with the tariffs.
  — Sarah Jones, Sourcing Journal, 10 Oct. 2025
• Second, make the ask this week.
  — Brendan Keegan, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2026
• The meeting is good — easy ask.
  — R29 Team, Refinery29, 4 Feb. 2026
• Sadly, for many, that’s a big ask.
  — Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
• But Britani says that’s a big ask.
  — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2025
• The Warriors might as well make this ask.
  — Bobby Krivitsky, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
• Tune in to every ask with an intake memo.
  — Bruce Tulgan, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
• That’s a big ask; there are twenty parts in total.
  — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 June 2026
• But without the brave ask, career growth can stall.
  — Julia Korn, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
• That being said, there are ways to make the ask a bit more pleasant.
  — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 16 Nov. 2025
• Roberts understands this is a big ask.
  — Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
• There was a certain amount of irony to The Post ask.
  — Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
• So, here is my ask of every leader reading this.
  — Irfan Khan, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
• That must have been a tough ask, to make a show of this length without a lot of audio clips.
  — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2026
• Compared to the amount of need, Ross said, the ask is modest.
  — Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 3 Feb. 2026
• And be prepared to answer more questions about your ask.
  — Bruce Tulgan, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
• Given their recent stretch of abysmal play, doing so feels like quite an ask.
  — cleveland, 7 Oct. 2022
• Did the system know when to stop, ask, pause or escalate?
  — Regan Peng, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
• They’ve been thrusted into the limelight of this team, which is a big ask.
  — Cam Kerry, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Oct. 2022
• That was an – hold on one second- that was an aspirational ask.
  — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 6 Aug. 2023
• Sneaking around like a scullery maid feels like a big ask on a spenny weekend break.
  — Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 2 June 2026
• That’s not an easy ask, but the firms ready to deliver on it will earn their spot at the top.
  — Bill Capuzzi, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
• Of course, with the ongoing actors’ strike, that’s a big ask.
  — Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2023
• His only ask at the time was to be back home in time for his daughter’s first birthday.
  — Miami Herald, 4 Feb. 2026
• Being on the same wavelength as Messi is a tall ask.
  — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
• And presenting is always a unique ask.
  — Paul Grein, Billboard, 23 Feb. 2026
• That is too big an ask of all but the most ardent Putin apologists.
  — James Nixey, CNN, 23 Sep. 2022
• Purdue should be up to the ask to make this thing competitive.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 29 Aug. 2022