interrogation point
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of interrogation point
First recorded in 1590–1600
Example Sentences
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A culminative interrogation point to add to his collection was her next lead.
From Lonesome Town by Dorrance, Ethel
It was a nose that reminded the boy of an interrogation point.
From Frank Merriwell's Bravery by Standish, Burt L.
But a hungry soldier is greatly given to reconnoissances on private account, he has an interrogation point in each eye as well as one in his empty stomach.
From Vermont riflemen in the war for the union, 1861 to 1865 A history of Company F, First United States sharp shooters by Ripley, William Y. W.
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
Instead of that, the moonshiner was a living interrogation point, everything about him seeming to speak the question that fell from his lips.
From Frank Merriwell Down South by Standish, Burt L.
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