aposiopesis
Example Sentences
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And the novel's final line, from inside Valentine's head, is a typical and brilliant Fordian aposiopesis: "She was setting out on …" It could end there.
From The Guardian • Aug. 24, 2012
Raphael, Michael Angelo, Wiertz, Reynolds——” He paused, not in order to produce the effect of a dramatic aposiopesis, but because he could not for the moment remember other names of painters.
From The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol by Ball, Alec
By judicious selection, by innuendo, here a pitying aposiopesis, there an indignant outburst, the charges are heaped up.
From Adventures in Criticism by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
He filled up his aposiopesis with an uncouth gesture, signifying 'I may as well get back to Australia.'
From Yet Again by Beerbohm, Max, Sir
Mrs. Baxter left it at an aposiopesis, a form of speech she was fond of.
From The Necromancers by Benson, Robert Hugh
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