How to Use don't ask in a Sentence

don't ask

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• People don't ask us those questions.
  — Ralphie Aversa, USA Today, 19 Feb. 2026
• Boards don't ask about quality of awareness.
  — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
• Please don't ask if we're finished our holiday shopping.
  — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 16 Dec. 2025
• Jennifer Lopez has closed the book on her Bennifer chapter, so don't ask for a rereading.
  — Edward Segarra, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
• Dandelions don't ask permission to grow.
  — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
• Government agencies don't ask for sensitive information through random emails or texts.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 Jan. 2026
• There's so much pressure to do everything perfectly, but millennials grew up in a very different age and turned out pretty great (just don't ask Gen Z).
  — Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
• Iowa wide receiver Reece Vander Zee hauled in the catch of a lifetime as time expired in The Big House, but don't ask him to recount what exactly went down on the field.
  — Mark Harris Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026