answering

convenient, delayed, hasty, justified, lost, over

He gave a hasty answering glance before turning back to his work.

ashamed, avoided, beat, bit, buy, don't, found, hesitated

She avoided answering the detective's questions about where she had been that night.

letter, machine

She was annoyed when the answering machine kept picking up instead of her boss.

in, off, on

She was answering on the phone when her boss walked into the office.

quite, sometimes

She was quite answering all the customer complaints by the time I arrived at the office.