indirect question
Example Sentences
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“As a talent evaluator, if the indirect question is, ‘Is Diego good enough to play at the top level in Europe?’
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2021
At the Toronto news conference, a moderator paid by Searchlight mostly kept the focus on the movie, asking just one indirect question about the assault.
From Washington Post • Nov. 6, 2017
To an indirect question as to the admission of an ambassador from non-Catholic States, which have a large Catholic population, an instant negative was returned.
From Letters From Rome on the Council by D?llinger, Johann Joseph Ignaz von
Count Arnau appeared not to have heard the indirect question, at least he gave no answer.
From Herman A Novel by Werner, E.
The indirect question naturally lacks the force of the direct one, but it may be employed when a less striking form of beginning is desired.
From How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers by Bleyer, Willard Grosvenor
