leading question

Example Sentences

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He was asked Saturday if it was best putting round of the year, a leading question because he had played only nine other rounds, and Woods mentioned all his three-putts at Augusta and St. Andrews.

From Washington Times • Dec. 20, 2022

When I ask people the admittedly leading question of whether their phone time enhances their life, there is usually some combination of laughing and wincing before they shake their heads and admit that it doesn't.

From Salon • Oct. 29, 2022

For years, if you’ve entered a leading question about something that never happened, Google has frequently offered snippets that seem to confirm its factuality, drawing out-of-context text fragments from a semi-related page.

From The Verge • Aug. 11, 2022

At times, he’d implore campaign audiences to answer his leading question as to who would pay for a new border wall.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2017

Herodotus, in the Persian War, tells a story of how Croesus, the richest and most-favored king of his time, asked Solon the Athenian a leading question.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck