aposiopesis
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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
Mrs. Baxter left it at an aposiopesis, a form of speech she was fond of.
From The Necromancers by Benson, Robert Hugh
Who ever composed with greater spirit and elegance because he could define an oxymoron or an aposiopesis?
From Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1 by Trevelyan, George Otto, Sir
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
"Oh yes, and the sheep, too, but—" A pregnant aposiopesis.
From In a Green Shade A Country Commentary by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
