Asking is difficult

Usage examples of demanding.

Church, not with speculations, but by demanding adherence to the old practice with regard to lapsed members.

Floyt helped him up, demanding to know if he was all right although Alacrity was gasping too hard to answer.

Cassidy was reminded of all the backstage fights he had been part of, back in the days when he still had a band: then the times when he was too fucked up on drugs to go out and play, when Jaime and Amad and the session men would haul him away from the mike and into the wings, demanding to know whether he had broken his vow to stay straight for this one gig.

If Davies were once to know his good name had been attacked, and that his explanation of his failure to reach his men or give notice of their plight had been aspersed, somebody might put him up to demanding a court of inquiry.

High gee and low gee were not particularly demanding to one of my asthenic physique.

It was one of the most demanding maneuvers an aviator had to master, and it had been nearly two years since Magruder had been called upon to attempt a midair refueling.

I thrust my burning face into it, drinking my fill, while the renegade in scarlet bawled at me and fumed and cursed, demanding my attention to what he was saying.

She remembers her father lifting other little girls on his lap, demanding that Bev bring home playmates just so he could cuddle with them and make her watch.

She had lost it, railing and ranting at Bevel two ship nights before, demanding they leave immediately.

Trent Lott-like editorials demanding that the pathetic Neanderthal, homophobic bigot be drummed right out of the human race.

He made the inquiry forcefully, demanding a response and quite indifferent as to whether or not the biped might find this line of inquiry offensive.

We have all seen films where the guard nods the general through and then the general turns on the guard and bollocks him for not demanding to see a pass.

Far from demanding an explanation of her presence, or ignoring her altogether, Mr and Mrs Botham appealed constantly to Mary for corroboration and support in their cheerful denunciations of their daughter.

Now he stood by the great Oyster Doors to the Brume Hall, demanding to see the chief on equal footing.

He brushed his mouth against hers, demanding nothing, apologizing yet again for the way he had bungled their first time together, pleading for a second chance.