interrogation point
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of interrogation point
First recorded in 1590–1600
Example Sentences
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In conversation they didn’t end every sentence with the interrogation point, but followed nature and let their voices fall at periods.
From The Women of the Confederacy by J. L. Underwood
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 has an interrogation point constantly on sentinel duty, namely, What will they think?
From Quiet Talks on Power by S. D. (Samuel Dickey) Gordon
This marking closely resembles the Greek interrogation point and so the species was given the specific name interrogationis by Fabricius early in the history of science.
From Butterflies Worth Knowing by Clarence M. Weed
The North Pole is the Geographical interrogation point of the Earth.
From This Giddy Globe by Oliver Herford
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