interrogation mark

British  

noun

1. a less common term for question mark

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Example Sentences

The very sickle-shape of the plasmodium turned itself into an interrogation mark.

From Preventable Diseases by Hutchinson, Woods

He has an electric flashlight, and he tips the plane—the upper plane—forward, like he was plunging to the earth, and writes the interrogation mark on the under side with the flame of the flashlight.

From Boy Scouts in the Northwest Fighting Forest Fires by Ralphson, G. Harvey (George Harvey)

If the quotation itself is a question, although it forms part of a declarative sentence, it requires an interrogation mark before the quotation mark; as, Have you been waiting long?

From Business English A Practice Book by Buhlig, Rose

Carleton scowled perplexedly at the letter, scrawled Tommy Regan's initials at the bottom of the sheet, plus an interrogation mark, and put it in the master mechanic's basket.

From The Night Operator by Packard, Frank L. (Frank Lucius)

Auntie Jinit's very figure was a living interrogation mark.

From 'Lizbeth of the Dale by MacGregor, Mary Esther Miller