Sample sentences for INTERROGATIVE

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Definition

in the form of a question

"Why" is an interrogative word.

an interrogative inflection
The interrogative title of the painting is, "What is Art?"
not all questions have an interrogative construction
I replied by a look and an interrogative "Monsieur?"
Charlotte Bronte -- The Professor
But who does not see that in a disbelieved or doubted or interrogative or conditional proposition, the ideas are combined in the same identical way in which they are in a proposition which is solidly believed.
William James
"In Iceland?" said I, not positively but interrogatively.
Jules Verne -- A Journey to the Center of the Earth
The most recent first.... and then those which preceded it...... " He looked interrogatively at Harry, and Harry nodded.
J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Then I heard my name whispered, in the interrogative.
Roger Zelazny -- Nine Princes in Amber
"He loved her very much," he said interrogatively, and I only nodded, feeling so bitterly disappointed that I would not trust myself to speak.
Joseph Conrad -- Lord Jim
Stanley lifted his forearm off the rock and held up an interrogative finger.
William Golding -- Lord of the Flies
Snatching the boat-knife from its sheath, he suspended its sharp edge over the line, and turning towards Stubb, exclaimed interrogatively, "Cut?"
Herman Melville -- Moby Dick
"Yes?" queried Helen, interrogatively.
Zane Grey -- The Man of the Forest
The old man's interrogative eye said, "What?"
Alexandre Dumas -- The Count of Monte Cristo
Mr. Mason was quite alive now, interrogative, dynamic, and a bit dictatorial in his manner, even to his old friend.
Theodore Dreiser -- An American Tragedy
The patient repeated the word "war" interrogatively.
Virginia Woolf -- Mrs. Dalloway
Stoddard urged, half interrogatively.
Grace MacGowan Cooke -- The Power and the Glory
Poor Lord Warburton stared, an interrogative point in either eye.
Henry James -- The Portrait of a Lady - Volume 1
It gave off the oddly interrogative squeak that told him it was the closet where she kept her outdoors stuff.
Stephen King -- Misery
I perceived the pause was interrogative.
H.G. Wells -- The Island of Dr. Moreau

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