Words similar to asking

Example sentences for: asking

How can you use “asking” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

It is more playful than, for instance, Jeopardy . Ben first plays the role of the host, explaining the game and asking the questions.
Bush was even more disarming when Forbes went after him with a long and squirrelly question that accused him of increasing the size of government in Texas, lowering educational standards, and supporting a fraudulent tax cut--before compounding the indictment by asking Bush if he intended to do to the nation what he did to his own state.
Today, we are asking the federal government to release all correspondence that I've had with every government agency.
Pardon me for asking, but is there by any chance some money attached to it?
He has thought it through, spelled it out, and told you who's asking it and why.