interrogation point
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of interrogation point
First recorded in 1590–1600
Example Sentences
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The crooking line took the shape of a huge interrogation point.
From The King of Arcadia by Lynde, Francis
It has an interrogation point constantly on sentinel duty, namely, What will they think?
From Quiet Talks on Power by Gordon, S. D. (Samuel Dickey)
If we go through life like an interrogation point, holding an alert, inquiring mind toward everything, we can acquire great mental wealth, wisdom which is beyond all material riches.
From Pushing to the Front by Marden, Orison Swett
Like all proverbial Americans, born, it is said, with the interrogation point at tongue’s end, the constant variety made the journey one immense Why?
From Silver Links by Various
It was absurd to place the interrogation point at the end of a sentence where it is not descried until it is too late for the inflection of interrogation to be given.
From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Bruce, Wiliam Cabell
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