yes-no question

He also bragged about earning a PhD, a point Smerconish did not question.

There was no doubt thought of his own loss in this question: yet there was, one may hope, a germ of solicitude for the mother too.

In fact, except for Ramona's help, it would have been a question whether even Alessandro could have made Baba work in harness.

It's an idle question, I know; wise men and musty philosophers say that regrets are foolish.

Accordingly, the question "How far does the note issue under the new system seem likely to prove an elastic one?"

The moment was an awkward one, and Cynthia wished madly that she had not been prompted to ask that unfortunate question.