open quote

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noun

the quotation mark used to begin a quotation (“ or ").

(used by a speaker to signify that a quotation will follow).

QUIZ

ARE YOU A TRUE BLUE CHAMPION OF THESE "BLUE" SYNONYMS?

We could talk until we're blue in the face about this quiz on words for the color "blue," but we think you should take the quiz and find out if you're a whiz at these colorful terms.

Question 1 of 8

Which of the following words describes “sky blue”?

navy

beryl

azure

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How to use open quote in a sentence

Tend to your own garden, to quote the great sage of free speech, Voltaire, and invite people to follow your example.
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When it became too crowded, they moved her into an open casket on the street.
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Now it can't open on my phone due to what appears to be software incompatibility.
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Some of them would open up deep splits in core Democratic constituencies.
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And of course, Rod, being Rod, goes for it a hundred percent; his mouth drops open and he says, ‘What?’
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Let them open their minds to us, let them put upon permanent record the significance of all their intrigues and manœuvres.
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The doors (Indian bungalows have hardly any windows, each door being half glass) were open front and back.
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It was close upon twelve o'clock, and the "Rooms" had been open to the public for two hours.
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Worst danger zone, the open sea, now traversed, but on land not yet out of the wood.
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To think,” said the younger Englishwoman to her sister, “of this wee mite travelling about in an open motor!
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