rhetorical question

Example Sentences

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In a concurring opinion, Gorsuch stated the stakes more plainly by posing a rhetorical question: If the president’s argument was given credence, then “what do we make of the Constitution’s text?”

From Salon

This was a rhetorical question and thus required no answer.

From Literature

Just as a rhetorical question is one that is asked with no expectation of being answered, a hypothetical situation is one that is described with no expectation of it actually happening.

From Literature

It’s not entirely a rhetorical question; a lot of people at least pretended to.

From Salon

Obviously, it was a rhetorical question as Saldaña’s triumphs have continued unabated.

From Los Angeles Times