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 ● Feb. 21, 2026
It’s not entirely a rhetorical question; a lot of people at least pretended to.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2025
Certainly, if you’re one of the 24,000 Television Academy members voting for the Emmys, it’s a rhetorical question.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2024
"I was asking that as a clearly rhetorical question rather than a substantive question, as I think any fair-minded listener would conclude."
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2024
Nearly half a century ago, a professor of entomology at Washington State College, A. L. Melander, asked the now purely rhetorical question, “Can insects become resistant to sprays?”
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
