Alessandra asked patiently, "Yes, but can you make it?

Kamejiro held his temper and asked patiently, "Why not?"

I asked patiently, falling into a first-grade dialogue in spite of his age.

Duncan asked patiently, his innocence still at peak efficiency.

But then someone would ask me a question in French and patiently wait for my reply.

Morgan asked patiently, never dreaming that he would receive an affirmative answer.

You worked away, patiently asking questions and looking hard at things.

The psychiatrist patiently asks him to wait, but the narrator leaves.

Charles asked patiently, determined to humour her through this crazy new idea.

I ask patiently, still smiling, both eyes closed until the Chinese woman has finally shut up and then I open them.