aposiopesis
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And the novel's final line, from inside Valentine's head, is a typical and brilliant Fordian aposiopesis: "She was setting out on …" It could end there.
From The Guardian • Aug. 24, 2012
And he turned away with a shrug to point his admirable aposiopesis.
From Witching Hill by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
The use of tmesis, asyndeton, anacoluthon, aposiopesis, hyperbaton, hyperbole, litotes, in Latin oratory and poetry.
From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Cruttwell, Charles Thomas
"If you are not—" The aposiopesis was icy.
From Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story by Beerbohm, Max, Sir
"Oh yes, and the sheep, too, but—" A pregnant aposiopesis.
From In a Green Shade A Country Commentary by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
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