aposiopesis
Example Sentences
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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
By judicious selection, by innuendo, here a pitying aposiopesis, there an indignant outburst, the charges are heaped up.
From Adventures in Criticism by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
Who ever composed with greater spirit and elegance because he could define an oxymoron or an aposiopesis?
From Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1 by Trevelyan, George Otto, Sir
"If you are not—" The aposiopesis was icy.
From Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story by Beerbohm, Max, Sir
"If you will have it," said Alf, with fine aposiopesis.
From Not George Washington — an Autobiographical Novel by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
