asked (for)

past tense of ask (for)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for asked (for)
Verb
  • Earlier this year, officials at the Louvre requested urgent help from the French government to restore and renovate the museum's ageing exhibition halls and better protect its countless works of art.
    Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 19 Oct. 2025
  • In court filings, the Justice Department, which argues these cases on behalf of the government, said that the re-detention is legal because the agency has once again requested new travel documents from Ukraine.
    Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Fifteen women — including myself — were invited to gather at the legendary Ritz Paris for an evening of elegance, conversation, and connection.
    Essence, Essence, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Customers are invited to submit photos of their dogs in order to be selected for the brand’s official campaign.
    Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The officer recalled that they had been ordered to ready themselves for a counterattack.
    Danny Makki, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • They have both been ordered to refrain from contacting each other or spending time in the district outside of school or other obligations.
    David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Any notion that this is a high-minded, good-government effort by the administration has to be put in the context that Trump has consistently sought to cast doubt on legitimate elections for at least a decade, dating back to his successful campaign for president in the 2016 election.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
  • In doing so, head architect Péter Bordás sought to honor the site’s winemaking heritage, by creating a weightless circular structure that would hover above the vines.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The annual spectacle, with thousands of media buyers and advertisers crisscrossing Manhattan to be wooed and pitched by TV networks, has already transformed into something more corporate.
    Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Roberts plays an unhappy American in Venice who is wooed by depressed, divorced, and done-with-love Allen in a variety of vaguely dishonest ways.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Asked (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/asked%20%28for%29. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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