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aposiopesis

[ap-uh-sahy-uh-pee-sis] / ˌæp əˌsaɪ əˈpi sɪs /


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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

"If you will have it," said Alf, with fine aposiopesis.

From Not George Washington — an Autobiographical Novel by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)

Mrs. Baxter left it at an aposiopesis, a form of speech she was fond of.

From The Necromancers by Benson, Robert Hugh

And he turned away with a shrug to point his admirable aposiopesis.

From Witching Hill by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)

"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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