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

Whether or not Helen grasped the fact that her indirect question of Elijah remained unanswered, she pursued it no farther.

From The Vision of Elijah Berl by Nason, Frank Lewis

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.