Are you proud that he's got that kind of inquisitiveness?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 30, 2005] Reference
I only wish I had that kind of inquisitiveness and imagination. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Merce Cunningham, Adieu:] Reference
It's that kind of inquisitiveness and willingness to work together that defines Asheville, right?. From Wordnik.com. [CITIZEN-TIMES.com - News] Reference
"I reckon I hadn't thought o 'there bein' more'n one kind of inquisitiveness," the mountaineer said, with a smile, "but if you say so, I s'pose it's all right.". From Wordnik.com. [The Boy With the U.S. Census] Reference
It’s the same kind of inquisitiveness you see in small children. From Wordnik.com. [Strange Attractor » 2009 » September] Reference
Gussie's inquisitiveness, said in feigned surprise. From Wordnik.com. [Miss Dexie A Romance of the Provinces] Reference
But their officious inquisitiveness was not gratified. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6] Reference
A monkey's inquisitiveness can dispense with such motives. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885] Reference
The wisest doctor is gravelled by the inquisitiveness of a child. From Wordnik.com. [The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day] Reference
They became amusingly disposed to sociability, as well as to inquisitiveness. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865] Reference
And I appreciate your inquisitiveness, but at this point we cannot discuss that. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 14, 2003] Reference
He wanders the forest sniffing for truffles like a parable of porcine inquisitiveness. From Wordnik.com. [No Ordinary Pig] Reference
Nidra here is explained as ananusandhana or the absence of inquisitiveness or curiosity. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
Besides, doubtless Ruth and Helen's inquisitiveness had frightened the strange girl away. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding At College or The Missing Examination Papers] Reference
A child may come to restrain his curiosity when he finds it condemned as inquisitiveness. From Wordnik.com. [Human Traits and their Social Significance] Reference
"My boy, the feline's existence was terminated as a direct result of its inquisitiveness.". From Wordnik.com. [David and the Phoenix] Reference
Is it but curiosity to know how others have passed their lives, mere idle inquisitiveness?. From Wordnik.com. [The Book-Hunter at Home] Reference
And to tell you the plain truth, I am more than half offended at this morbid inquisitiveness. From Wordnik.com. [Select Temperance Tracts] Reference
There is good sense and discretion in the inquisitiveness which suggests so often the inquiry. From Wordnik.com. [Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles] Reference
She, who abhorred prying and inquisitiveness, had been accused by Jean of meddling in her affairs. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Problem] Reference
It really what it comes down to is engaging the natural curiosity and inquisitiveness of children. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 13, 2009] Reference
This put a stop to all further inquisitiveness, and their deliberations were not again interrupted. From Wordnik.com. [Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales] Reference
Ever since I have known your nation, I have remarked their inquisitiveness, and eagerness after knowledge. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan] Reference
And if Burtynsky has a reporter's inquisitiveness, he matches it with an artist's eye for color and design. From Wordnik.com. [Look Books] Reference
Most of the men and women had grown fond of Violet, in spite of her inquisitiveness, and all admired Laddie Bunker. From Wordnik.com. [Six Little Bunkers at Cowboy Jack's] Reference
Several came close up to me, and peered over the cabalistic signs on my paper with a sort of gloomy inquisitiveness. From Wordnik.com. [Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851] Reference
The carriage rolled off, followed by a crowd of runners, eager out of pure inquisitiveness to see the matter through. From Wordnik.com. [Round the World in Seven Days] Reference
If his face be eloquent of profound unconcern, then may you know that a fever of inquisitiveness is burning at his heart. From Wordnik.com. [St. Cuthbert's] Reference
When inquisitiveness had such dire results no one did much prying until everything had been examined and pronounced safe. From Wordnik.com. [With Our Army in Palestine] Reference
It's much harder to instill inquisitiveness, whether it be cops, teachers, parole officers, doctors, or even journalists. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 4, 2009] Reference
You know, and he will explain everything to me about something, you know, he has the patience to deal with my inquisitiveness. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 18, 2002] Reference
But can you instill in them a sense of inquisitiveness, or is that a natural characteristic that some people have and some don't?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 4, 2009] Reference
Upon this, I ventured to put some ordinary questions, but was quickly informed that inquisitiveness was considered very unwholesome on the sand keys about Cuba!. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
You can see why Carl might be taciturn around this whirlwind of ego and energy, with her Starbucks habit and her yoga tapes and her endless note-taking inquisitiveness. From Wordnik.com. [Brothers and Sisters] Reference
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