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
An ally of the Home Office minister later suggested he had been posing a rhetorical question.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2024
Looking at recent years and at its current ownership, one must wonder if this is a rhetorical question.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2024
Dad would often ask the rhetorical question, “What would grandma think?”
From Seattle Times • Jan. 19, 2024
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 "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
