interrogation point
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of interrogation point
First recorded in 1590–1600
Example Sentences
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An interrogation point after the number or title of a picture indicates that its attribution to the given painter is doubtful.
From The Venetian Painters of the Renaissance Third Edition by Berenson, Bernard
The crooking line took the shape of a huge interrogation point.
From The King of Arcadia by Lynde, Francis
"About—about—about—eh, about what month, do you remember, eh?" squeaked out the hatchet-faced interrogation point through the nose, as he planted himself before the little Judge.
From First Fam'lies of the Sierras by Miller, Joaquin
Why is his mind one vast interrogation point?
From Men, Women, and Gods And Other Lectures by Gardener, Helen H. (Helen Hamilton)
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
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