rhetorical question
Example Sentences
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The senator said he responded, “Is that a rhetorical question, or would you like to really know?”
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026
It’s not entirely a rhetorical question; a lot of people at least pretended to.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2025
It was a rhetorical question designed to impress on them his urgency and his demand that part of their job would be walking the streets with him.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2024
He says he was "struggling to hear the question" and adds that he was asking a "rhetorical question" when he spoke to the person in the audience.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2024
Something about the tone of his voice or the reaction of the other children told me this was a purely rhetorical question.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
