The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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He ends his book with a flurry of rhetorical questions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Cast member Jeremy Culhane played Carlson as constantly confused, letting out high-pitched laughter in between rhetorical questions.
From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2026
Culhane’s impression of the conservative pundit was pretty impressive, capturing his cadence and habit of using rhetorical questions — I hope we see it again.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2026
Sitting in the university’s performing-arts library, he traced the arcs of the notes with his fingers, posing rhetorical questions in his deep, faintly drawly voice: “What kind of emotion did the composer want?”
From New York Times ● Apr. 29, 2024
The rhetorical questions had a clammy air; the exclamation mark was the first resort of those who shout to make themselves clearer.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
