When they asked, people looked at them in a strange way.

And when she was away from him, in a strange way things were better.

Easy to see where the daughter's strange ways come from.

In a strange way I felt at peace with myself.

You become very real to yourself in a strange way.

I have killed one of them in a strange way.

And what a strange way I have of looking at things!

He had a good voice, if a strange way with his words.

The being who had looked at him in that strange way.

Question: Did the man ask for water in some strange way?