ask after
phrasal verb
asked after; asking after; asks after
: to ask about (someone or something)
He asked after my wife's health.
He greeted us warmly and asked after our families.
Examples of ask after in a Sentence
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He was named the Offensive MVP. Day was asked after the game about Smith's impact in his first year.
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Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 2 Jan. 2025
Sanheim was asked after the game if there was a little message-sending going on in that early sequence.
—Kevin Kurz, The Athletic, 28 Dec. 2024
With the series having five mainline games and many spinoffs, there's one question that fans have been asking after binging the 8-episode series - is the Fallout TV show canon?
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
The receiver was asked after the matchup if his comments about the pass game made a difference to the unit’s performance.
—Sam Joseph and, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
Alice asked after his two sisters, who turned out to be dead.
—Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
When asked after Tuesday’s loss what else the team could do to spark the offense, Marmol didn’t have an answer.
—Katie Woo, The Athletic, 20 Aug. 2024
Interim head coach Jeff Ulbrich was asked after the Jets' 26-21 loss to the Seattle Seahawks about potentially making a quarterback change.
—Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2024
Questions were asked after the game if the problems were related to scheme or personnel and nobody wanted to touch on that.
—Paul Dehner Jr., The Athletic, 2 Dec. 2024
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Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 2 Jan. 2025
Sanheim was asked after the game if there was a little message-sending going on in that early sequence.
—Kevin Kurz, The Athletic, 28 Dec. 2024
With the series having five mainline games and many spinoffs, there's one question that fans have been asking after binging the 8-episode series - is the Fallout TV show canon?
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
The receiver was asked after the matchup if his comments about the pass game made a difference to the unit’s performance.
—Sam Joseph and, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
Alice asked after his two sisters, who turned out to be dead.
—Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
When asked after Tuesday’s loss what else the team could do to spark the offense, Marmol didn’t have an answer.
—Katie Woo, The Athletic, 20 Aug. 2024
Interim head coach Jeff Ulbrich was asked after the Jets' 26-21 loss to the Seattle Seahawks about potentially making a quarterback change.
—Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2024
Questions were asked after the game if the problems were related to scheme or personnel and nobody wanted to touch on that.
—Paul Dehner Jr., The Athletic, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Ask after.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ask%20after. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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