We asked them friendly questions which indicated that we had detailed understanding of their lives.

A close-up camera and a friendly question are worth only what a candidate makes of them, of course.

The morning before the primary, Clinton became "visibly emotional" in response to a friendly question from a voter.

A trader beside him asked a friendly question; he grunted a reply.

On second thought he felt that Mildred's friendly question deserved a better answer.

Even that simple, friendly question was almost too much.

It was not a friendly question, the way she asked it.

She said, still smiling, "I consider that a friendly question.

So, if he's a friend, let's ask him a friendly question.

He made it sound like a friendly question from a swell guy.