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

Note.—When the main sentence which introduces an indirect question is itself interrogatory, a question mark follows.

From The Century Handbook of Writing by Greever, Garland

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

If any indirect question were ever thrown upon the family position, Agatha immediately began expounding the ethics of high breeding, as one who had attained.

From Real Folks by Whitney, A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train)