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But I fear that he was not the wiser for all I told him, for every time I attempted to answer his
questions he interrupted me by asking, "What do you do here?"
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There was only one way to find out... well, maybe two, but asking Sarah or Giddon was
probably wasted effort.
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I've been unfair asking everyone to take it on faith.
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I'm asking you to show a little consideration.
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The cost of interactive information exchange, such as asking questions about products you are
contemplating purchasing, has fallen to nearly zero.
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Who is asking, Andy Gordon or Yancey Giddon?
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The only way he could have known was by asking Mrs. Hertz.
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Yes and I can go back to asking questions I haven't been able to ask and I have sources to get
answers.
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Damian caught his eye and looked pointedly at Dusty, silently asking if the Guardian had done
as he asked and told his boss that the Natural was more than a new recruit.
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It was the same question she'd been asking herself.
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Cynthia apologized for asking so many questions, but Westlake waved her off.
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I sat down immediately and wrote to Mr. Vining, asking him to explain the signs.
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Mrs. Hutton had already written to mother, asking her to telegraph if she was willing for me to
have other advisers besides herself and Teacher.
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You're asking questions I can't answer.
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I'm asking that you don't punish Felipa.
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I'm not asking you to prove anything.

Sure, 'til someone snatches that whip out of your hand and gives you the spankin' you've been
asking for.
It was a risky thing, lying down on the couch with a man, but this was Cade - half asleep and
asking her to stay - Cade, who never asked for anything.
He knew without asking she'd left him dinner again.
I started asking around, but no one would tell me, so I-- " "Jonny!" he barked.
Have you considered asking him?
I'm not asking for a free pass.
"I'll tell them not to kill you on sight, if that's what you're asking," Damian continued.
They held up their hands, as though asking for something, and cried out, "Becos! becos! becos!"
Mary looked around and saw Samuel Miller asking his neighbor for a pencil, and Samuel was
called.
Those asking it didn't offer a means for the world to escape from war.
"Now I am all right," she said, and asking the vicomte to begin, she took up her work.
The other day at the Apraksins' I heard a lady asking, 'Is that the famous Prince Andrew?'
Refrain from asking ourselves how these changes have occurred. And
Hands clasped, she prayed fervently, asking God not to let Destiny suffer for what they had
done.

Approval Sentence Examples

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He certainly had Destiny's approval - and the admiration appeared to be mutual.

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You got his stamp of approval, you know.
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Ully nodded in approval and scribbled notes on his iPad.
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With Fred's approval, he dashed up to the old man's room to fire up his computer and do so.
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Martha looked for approval and received it tacitly from all but her husband.
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Testing her ankle in a pair of low heels, she nodded silent approval and hurried down the hall.
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Lucas brought in a bill in his first session to effect this reform, but was defeated on the motion to
have the bill sent to England for approval by the privy council; and he insisted upon the
independent.
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What a style! was uttered in approval both of reader and of author.
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As regards candidates for ecclesiastical offices, the concordats concluded with Catholic nations
regularly give the sovereign the right to nominate or present to bishoprics, often also to other
inferior benefices, such as canonries, important parishes and abbeys; or at least the choice of the
ecclesiastical authority is submitted to the approval of the civil power.
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He stopped to talk to several, checked a few weapons with nods of approval, and patted the
younger ones on the back.
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He took her other with a rough hand and nodded in approval at the healed scars.
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She nodded her approval and I stepped outside and closed the door.
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A call to Leland Anderson on Memorial day secured his superior's approval to move up his
vacation from Julywhen he'd planned to bike in Iowa and since canceledto June.
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He looked her up and down in approval from his position leaning against the wall nearby.
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Instead, the women gave him open looks of lust and approval, as if he were the hunted and they
the lionesses lining up to take their turns at him.
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"Good!" cried Ahab, with a wild approval in his tones; observing the hearty animation into
which his unexpected question had so magnetically thrown them.
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Alex recovered quickly and looked at Carmen, a glint of humor and approval in his eyes.
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His eyes expressed approval and the thin lips twitched in what she had grown to accept as a
smile - fleeting as it was.
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After a pirouette of approval, she sat on the edge of the bed.

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3Definition of fact
1. 1 : a thing done: as a obsolete : feat b : crime <accessory after the fact> c archaic :
action
2. 2 archaic : performance, doing
3. 3 : the quality of being actual : actuality <a question of fact hinges on evidence>
4. 4 a : something that has actual existence <space exploration is now a fact> b : an actual
occurrence <prove the fact of damage>
5. 5 : a piece of information presented as having objective reality
in fact

1. : in truth
See fact defined for English-language learners
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Examples of fact in a sentence

1. Rapid electronic communication is now a fact.

2. The book is filled with interesting facts and figures.
3. He did it, and that's a fact.
Origin and Etymology of fact

Latin factum, from neuter of factus, past participle of facere

First Known Use: 15th century

fact Synonyms
Synonyms
actuality, factuality, materiality, reality

Antonyms
irreality, unreality
Related Words
authenticity, genuineness, truth, verity
Near Antonyms
fancy, fantasy (also phantasy), fiction, fictitiousness; dreaminess, surreality

Phrases related to FACT

Related Phrases

accept the fact that

accessory before/after the fact

after the fact

bend (the) facts

face facts

fact checker

fact from fiction

get one's/the facts straight

in actual fact

in point of fact

FACT Defined for English Language Learners

fact
play
noun \fakt\
Definition of fact for English Language Learners

: something that truly exists or happens : something that has actual existence

: a true piece of information

FACT Defined for Kids

fact
play
noun \fakt\
Definition of fact for Students

1. 1 : something that really exists or has occurred <Space travel is now a fact.>
2. 2 : a true piece of information <I just know for a fact that she has a huge family to
feed! Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows>
in fact

1. : in truth : actually <She got there early and in fact she was earliest.>

She responds quickly to the gentle pressure of affection, the pat of approval, the jerk of
impatience, the firm motion of command, and to the many other variations of the almost infinite
language of the feelings; and she has become so expert in interpreting this unconscious language
of the emotions that she is often able to divine our very thoughts.
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He looked up joyfully at the baby when the nurse brought it to him and nodded approval when
she told him that the wax with the baby's hair had not sunk in the font but had floated.
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I'll inform Ne'Rin you've approval to continue.
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She looked over the car and expressed her approval, but her mind was consumed with guilt.
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He looked her up and down in approval, his gaze lingering on her neck.
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Given the extenuating circumstances, I believe we'll obtain approval without an audience.
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She set the parameters and waited for the approval screen