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
"Oh yes, and the sheep, too, but—" A pregnant aposiopesis.
From In a Green Shade A Country Commentary by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
"If you are not—" The aposiopesis was icy.
From Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story by Beerbohm, Max, Sir
"So..." said Mr. Carmyle, becoming articulate, and allowed an impressive aposiopesis to take the place of the rest of the speech.
From The Adventures of Sally by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
