| 单词 | interrogative |
| 例句 | And then in an interrogative tone that showed he could hardly believe it himself, my brother told me that there had been an accident and that Milton was dead. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She led me, not to the stiff chair set up, interrogative style, in front of her desk, but to the plush crimson cushion of her window seat. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And so, instead of saying Ashoke’s name, she utters the interrogative that has come to replace it, which translates roughly as “Are you listening to me?” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Stanley lifted his forearm off the rock and held up an interrogative finger. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z But the new show’s other strength is its interrogative diversity. ‘Song Exploder’ Reveals the Eureka Moments Behind the Hits 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z Dynamic, interrogative and unsettling; crafted yet open-ended; fiercely smart, savage and stirring – from the get-go, Paterson's poetry has been essential reading. Selected Poems by Don Paterson ? review 2012-05-18T21:45:03Z Had Cooper approached this question with the same interrogative spirit with which she approached her own narrative assumptions, the book would have felt more complete. Review | Long unsolved, a Harvard murder case gets a fresh look in ‘We Keep the Dead Close’ 2020-11-14T05:00:00Z “But the film necessarily lacks the thoroughness and interrogative qualities of Piketty’s written approach.” What’s on TV Thursday: ‘All Day and a Night’ and ‘Blindspot’ 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z His large, mottled white head — balanced on his compact body — suggests a recently restored bust of a Roman statesman, startlingly enlivened by those blue, blue, interrogative eyes. For Peter Brook, the Experimental Showman, ‘Nothing Is Ever Finished’ 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z Elgar joins him in an economical conversation featuring the same moves and softly interrogative gestures. Review: Sarasota Ballet Blends Oddity and Englishness in a Double Bill 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z Nor do we experience the delights of witnessing an interrogative sparkling intellect, as evidenced by my personal favourite on the Orange shortlist, Lorrie Moore's A Gate at the Stairs. Expert view: Critics greet Lacuna's win with respectful disappointment 2010-06-09T19:45:00Z “I think of my writing as interrogative,” Paul Harding said. Paul Harding Captures the Quiet Side of Calamity 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z He is relentlessly observant and interrogative, always searching for seams. Bo Burnham made a movie to work out his anxiety. It ended up explaining our Instagram age. 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z Many wall labels begin with an interrogative, suggesting that a museum visitor’s reading of a particular image carries as much weight as the curator’s. Art Review: ‘African Presence in Renaissance Europe,’ at Walters Museum 2012-11-08T20:30:57Z It’s in the way he places notes: boldly, with interrogative inflections and an arc toward ecstatic revelation. David Murray: A jazz innovator leads from the center to the edge 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z “I think of my writing as interrogative,” Harding, 55, said. Paul Harding Captures the Quiet Side of Calamity 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z Piqued by the exclusion, he circulates a public letter, in which his resentments are masked by interrogatives and faux naïveté: A Cinderella Story with an Immigrant Twist 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z The story of the Instant Composers Pool, a squirrelly, interrogative, original group of improvisers based in Amsterdam, began in the late 1960s. Review: Instant Composers Pool Orchestra Plays at Roulette 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z In questioning the need for complex structures, he was working toward a kind of interrogative beauty that engulfed as well as challenged. In 1960, John Coltrane went on one last tour with Miles Davis. European audiences weren’t prepared for what he would play. Well, that’s where this novel begins to rise aloft, on chemicals, pheromones and the power of the author’s interrogative grace. ‘The Answers’ Runs Down the Rabbit Hole of Love 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z He sat down at his desk and swivelled his chair to face me, crossed an ankle over a knee and with a little smile opened out his palms in an interrogative manner. Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan - extract 2012-08-10T21:55:10Z From these layered rejections emerged a religious poetry without belief, or a poetry of faith in the interrogative voice. My Hero, Emily Dickinson, Outlaw of Amherst 2010-05-13T14:38:00Z But the film necessarily lacks the thoroughness and interrogative qualities of Piketty’s written approach. ‘Capital in the Twenty-First Century’ Review: Economic History, Illustrated 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z An image like this is art in the interrogative mode and in the active voice. Art Review: ‘African Cosmos,’ at National Museum of African Art 2012-08-30T21:48:16Z As with his previous book, an admirably levelheaded history of Commentary magazine, Balint writes most naturally in the interrogative mode, preferring the probing of difficult questions to easy resolutions. A (Kafkaesque) Legal Battle Over the Author’s Papers Is at the Heart of ‘Kafka’s Last Trial’ 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z Much of the music, though, has the interrogative restlessness of thought in pursuit of certainty, and the ambivalent mix of anger and affection that pervades our relationships with our nearest and dearest. Review: ‘Fun Home’ at the Circle in the Square Theater 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z Variety wrote: The film “feels like a miracle and an interrogative act of defiance.” Sundance Liked Her Documentary on Terrorism, Until Muslim Critics Didn’t 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z The interrogative form does all the work of asking aloud — with none of the actual asking — why mom still thinks you can speak for a four-years-ago ex. Advice | Carolyn Hax: Mom ‘can’t shut up’ about daughter’s ex-boyfriend 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z Instead, he's seen as a serious, interrogative and even-handed journalist, with a measured delivery that at times seems to hark back to TV news anchors of the 1960s and 1970s. The debate host and Fox anchor unloved by Trump 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z More than a century later, in 1891, the Oxford English Dictionary defined “eh” as an “intersectional interrogative particle; often inviting assent to the sentiment expressed.” In truth, 'eh' may not be as Canadian as the world thinks 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z Speaking in a deadpan monotone, he is prone to responding to interrogatives with a curt “affirmative” or “negative” and saying things like “normal is for normal people.” Review: The polar bear steals the show in ‘Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made’ 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z Ms. Ahmed’s program, on the other hand, “is a journalistic program, which adopts an interrogative approach with a serious tone,” James Mallet, a “Newswatch” producer, said in his witness statement. Away From TV Studio, BBC Dispute Over Pay Equality Plays Out 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z That said, Klosterman’s interrogative nature sometimes means these stories yield little more than premises for wry jokes while others unfortunately feel as if they’re cut off too soon. Chuck Klosterman shifts his pop culture-obsessions to fiction in 'Raised in Captivity' 2019-07-12T04:00:00Z She displayed the interrogative skills honed in court in the U.S. Kamala Harris strives to redefine her record as prosecutor: 'It matters who is in those rooms' 2019-06-08T04:00:00Z From her first extended appearance in her own memoir, as a junior prosecutor, Harris is more or less fully formed, an interrogative facsimile of the familiar, self-assured senator on the Judiciary Committee dais. Kamala Harris’s Choices 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z Any way you read it, the poem’s interrogative uncertainty shimmers like the mirrors of that dazzling final image. Poem: Cygnus 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z He turns from declarative speech to address directly, in imperative or interrogative style, whoever is the target of the day. Sermons and Shouted Insults: How Erdogan Keeps Turkey Spellbound 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z It's theatre, plain and simple, and this interrogative purview of Harry's existence is not a distraction but a gleeful new challenge tasked to readers and their imaginations. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Book critics disappointed with script - BBC News 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z In the beginning Josephine points to things and asks “That?” in a tone “both interrogative and imperative.” ‘Unseen City’: searching for the life of the wild in the city 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z Christian doctrine is not a closed system incapable of generating questions, doubts, interrogatives. Pope urges Catholic church to disavow conservatism and fundamentalism 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z "We were insufficiently interrogative and challenging," he said. NI Events Company: Officials face questions over failure to control quango - BBC News 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z The film shies away from interrogative questions for Amir’s wife’s - Kravchenko said she never discussed Amir’s actions with her. Film sparks scandal for look at family of Israeli assassin 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z Alterman says he favors the interrogative because “if you say, ‘Here’s a problem and here’s a solution,’ you’re just building resistance. Comedy Central in the Post-TV Era 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z The sentiments pervading the conversation seem to be interrogatives of an all encompassing “why?” and “how?” Why Did Beck Win A Grammy For Album Of The Year? 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z There is also a lot of interesting research on interrogative self-talk. Daniel Pink, former Gore speechwriter, discusses selling as a way of life 2013-09-21T01:49:23Z But, if anyone with interrogative tendencies joined in, he was always liable to rediscover his old habit of answering questions with questions of his own. From the Vault: Remembering the life and football of Bobby Moore 2013-02-22T10:33:45Z The game began with a simple but familiar interrogative, borrowed from another kind of festive occasion: why is this night different from all other nights? Western Conference Finals Game 6: Thunder 107, Spurs 99: Thunder Beat Spurs to Reach N.B.A. Finals 2012-06-07T04:34:37Z This he does by the interrogative, "Do you stand?" or "Card?" Hoyle's Games Modernized 2012-04-15T02:00:05.927Z In response to the question, After death—what? the proper answer to the interrogative is, In life—what? The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z A dog greeted our advent with an interrogative growl; fowls clucked about unheeding. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z Enough also appears in some of the interrogative sentences of the dissenting opinion to show that the learned justice who delivered it intended to place the dissent very largely upon the same ground. Monopolies and the People 2012-03-12T03:00:23.687Z She gave as interrogative a note as she could to her remarks—without asking direct questions. Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z “This is Dr. Blank's office?” announced the old man in a sort of interrogative. The Story of a Doctor's Telephone?Told by His Wife 2012-02-05T03:00:11.420Z Grandma looked about her with a keen interrogative eye, and was much impressed, as, indeed, were they all. The Crux 2012-01-12T03:00:12.630Z This latter part of the sentence had something sharp and interrogative in it. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z The helpful lesson commentaries fail, practically, to reach many a class, because its teacher in reading has failed to translate from the declarative into the interrogative. Sunday-School Success A Book of Practical Methods for Sunday-School Teachers and Officers 2011-12-21T03:00:45.660Z But his look had not been scornful; it had been thoughtfully interrogative. Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z After a while there came from across the prairie the ascending, interrogative boo-oo-m of a prairie chicken not far distant, while from far away came the faint notes of another. The Story of a Doctor's Telephone?Told by His Wife 2012-02-05T03:00:11.420Z Then, seeing the crowd which had gathered in the little garden, he stopped suddenly, with an interrogative look at his mother. The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence 2011-11-28T03:00:23.427Z He peered closer into her face, and repeated the last odious little interrogative monosyllable a good many times. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z When I began trying it, I was astonished to see how many thoughts which seemed to me quite promising and bright could not be approached by the interrogative mood. Sunday-School Success A Book of Practical Methods for Sunday-School Teachers and Officers 2011-12-21T03:00:45.660Z Declension of pronouns, personal, 58; relative, 59; interrogative, 60. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z "Indeed?" answered the old woman, in that interrogative formula which often in the language of peasants takes the place of affirmation. Iermola 2011-10-06T02:00:40.637Z “You don’t like her?” he asked, exaggerating, in spite of himself, the interrogative inflexion. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z Their former chats were resumed, steadily interrogative on her side, complaisantly responsive on his. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z It must take the interrogative form, and the questions should be directed to bring out the child's already acquired knowledge, and to lead him to observe facts which had hitherto escaped his notice. Scientific Culture, and Other Essays Second Edition; with Additions 2011-09-17T02:00:31.747Z "Awful!" exclaimed the writer—and was rather interrogative as well as exclamatory. The Tigress 2011-08-30T02:00:39.657Z He looked up in the bright interrogative manner peculiar to his tribe, so different to the stolid wonder of the agriculturist. Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 1/2 A Romance of Real Life 2011-08-25T02:00:34.720Z It is often scarcely translateable,—being apparently invested with with no more emphasis than belongs to our colloquial interrogative “Eh?” The Revision Revised 2011-07-15T02:00:18.897Z With an interrogative Index, for the use of Schools. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z Distinct from the lilting singsong of the South, a Northern Irish accent is my favorite in the U.K.: hard, skirling, and sour, with a compulsively upward, interrogative lift at the end of the sentence. The City: Belfast 2011-07-11T05:00:00Z Twice she understood, from the other's interrogative intonation that she waited a reply, and she supplied one at random. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z It is—” Answering the other’s interrogative look, he leaned over, whispering in rapid Spanish. The Mystery of The Barranca 2011-05-25T02:00:16.720Z My cousin by leading questions and interrogative silences developed her story a little. The Sea Lady 2011-04-22T02:00:07.843Z Most of them faced from her, casting interrogative glances along the wharf, as if looking for something expected to appear to them in this direction. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z Place of the interrogative.—In direct questions the subject usually precedes the verb. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z "But there's one wants you," says the companion, accompanying her words with an interrogative glance. Gwen Wynn 2011-04-09T02:00:12.230Z He glanced with an interrogative frown at the peons asleep in the shade of the adobe. The Mystery of The Barranca 2011-05-25T02:00:16.720Z The Sea Lady had turned from Miss Glendower’s interrogative gravity of expression to the sunlight. The Sea Lady 2011-04-22T02:00:07.843Z “You are Walter Wade—son to Sir Marmaduke, of Bulstrode Park?” said he, less by way of interrogative, than as a means of commencing the conversation. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z In English, especially in a sentence which is negative, interrogative, or suppositional, the word any is often used in this sense instead of the word some. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z These are the people whom Wissmann had already referred to as "a nation of thinkers with the interrogative 'why' constantly on their lips." Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z “We’ll not be able to cross at all?” pursued the Prince, in desponding interrogative. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z The señora and her daughter, with the family servants, form a group apart, the eyes of Gertrude scanning with anxious interrogative glance each new party as it appears on the edge of the opening. The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora 2011-03-23T02:00:19.250Z A significant curling of the speaker’s pretty nostril accompanied this final remark—which was intended as an interrogative. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z An interrogative adverb used at the beginning of a direct question; it has no English equivalent. The International Auxiliary Language Esperanto Grammar and Commentary 2011-04-12T02:00:28.753Z As she uttered these interrogatives, she raised her hand to her head, as if to assist her memory. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z This time more emphatically, as though nettled by the tone of the other’s interrogative. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z Even that not innumerous class who dislike the waking child, the self-assertive, interrogative, climbing, bawling, smashing, waking child, grow soft-hearted at the sight of the little sleeping angel. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z His second emotion was the result of a series of interrogative conjectures. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z But this world of the closing eighteenth century was still only in the interrogative stage in this matter. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z I repeated in the usual style of involuntary interrogative—of course without the slightest faith in my companion’s statement. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z A few minutes later a subtle and delicate aroma made its way into the apartment, leading us, after a few interrogative sniffs, to get up and close the window. Above the Snow Line 2011-03-03T03:00:49.380Z "I don't mean to suggest—" he began, and turned to greet the welcome presence, the interrogative eye of Mrs. Pope. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z The interrogative here puzzled Cave, who certainly was not a concurring party to the sentiment, and yet did not want to make it matter of discussion. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z “Monsieur Despard, I believe?” was the interrogative style of my salutation. The Guerilla Chief And other Tales 2011-02-10T03:00:53.627Z “But there’s one wants you,” says the companion, accompanying her words with an interrogative glance. Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye 2011-02-09T03:00:45.007Z “The men who went out just now then,” remarked the elderly man, in an interrogative manner, “were sent to catch him?” The Fatal Cord And The Falcon Rover 2011-02-09T03:00:44.167Z Mr. Magnet and Toupee had gone to stare at the monoplane; they were presently joined by the odd-job man in an interrogative mood. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z I looked over at him, and catching my interrogative gaze, he went on. The Land of Frozen Suns 2011-01-23T03:00:15.307Z Except in the case of the interrogative pronoun, there is no neuter gender—words which in Skr. and Pr. were neuter being generally, but not always, treated as masculine. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z Mr. Conroy blogged about the proceedings, and his posts reflect an intimate, detailed understanding of a rogue force within the police department that decided that electroshock was just one more interrogative tool. Police Torture Reporting Brings Verdict, But Who Will Do the Work Next Time Around? 2010-06-30T18:24:00Z Novitzky has the kind of gravitas, resources, power and interrogative and investigative expertise that scares confessions from guilty people. Bicycling.com: Did Lance dope? The answer is coming 2010-05-25T17:18:00Z Qui is the old ablative of the relative, interrogative, and indefinite pronouns. Readings from Latin Verse With Notes He paused and cleared his throat, and Boone once more prompted him with an interrogative repetition: "Apparently, sir?" The Tempering Older America, more difficult to convince, rolled solemn and interrogative eyes toward Washington, where the wooden gods still sat nodding in a row, smiling vacuously at destiny out of carved and painted features. The Moonlit Way The eyes, wonderful in their keenness, their interrogative, questioning, eager gaze; the looking out, always looking out, always asking, looking ahead, far away into some distant land not given to les autres to perceive. Stevensoniana Being a Reprint of Various Literary and Pictorial Miscellany Associated with Robert Louis Stevenson, the Man and His Work He would place the side of his head on the floor, put out his tongue, and utter a very plaintive sound having a slight interrogative inflection. The Speech of Monkeys "Certainly not, if you wish it," the chaperon agreed; but the expression of her face was so plainly interrogative that the President was constrained to go on. A Romance in Transit I looked at him and arched an interrogative eyebrow. Love's Usuries She knew all she needed, but none the less she risked, after another pause, an interrogative remark. The Spoils of Poynton Though the interrogative is used in the Folio, the period would, perhaps, be the better pointing. The Voice and Spiritual Education These two very seldom penetrated beyond the exclamatory interrogative. Carnival Once more Bedford leaned his elbows on the rail, and bent towards her with a keen interrogative glance. An Unknown Lover He touched his cap as Lessing approached, saying in an interrogative tone: “Beg pardon, sir—Mr Lessing?” What a Man Wills An Englishman in China,329 seeing a dish placed before him about which he felt suspicious, and wishing to know whether it was a duck, said, with an interrogative accent, Quack quack? Lectures on The Science of Language "And the poor woman who was attending her, and the young child, have also perished?" added Mr. Berners, after a pause, and in an interrogative tone. Tried for Her Life A Sequel to "Cruel As the Grave" As he listened in wonder, his ears erect and eagerly interrogative, the noise stopped, and again the intense silence settled down upon the forest. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life The playful interrogative “Ten?” would welcome Phillips to his place at dinner, as the second mate handed him the slip giving the results of the midday observations. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday The last little interrogative was evoked by a strange smile that flickered across Twining's face. Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day "And begin to feel yourself something of a man, since you are not called Max, but Mr. Raymond at the Academy yonder?" she returned in a playfully interrogative tone. Elsie at Viamede Though they were interrogative, they had the force of suggestion, of the clinching protest he might make in answer, when confession came. Rose MacLeod I even contrived to nod my head in sedulous and ape-like agreement when he raised interrogative eyes to mine. The Portal of Dreams Miss Smith concludes her observations on the over-fond lovers, by emphasising the words "so stupid, is it not?" at the same time giving them both an affirmative and interrogative character. Physiology of The Opera But the prospective American merely raised an interrogative eyebrow. Ancestors A Novel The interrogative form forced this much on the disputants. Logic, Inductive and Deductive Among interrogatives, who? inquires for the name; which? for the individual; what? for the character, or occupation. Five Hundred Mistakes of Daily Occurrence in Speaking, Pronouncing, and Writing the English Language, Corrected It was not an interrogative grunt, but his wife went on. Stories of the Foot-hills He conducts this ceremony with the greatest solemnity, occasionally pronouncing these incantatory words, "Plate or shell, sah?" in a seemingly interrogative manner. Physiology of The Opera This is written by a very inquisitive lady; and I think, such interrogative gentlewomen are to be answered no other way than by interrogation. The Tatler, Volume 3 It was Amy who gave the answer, though her statement ended in an interrogative upward note as if it asked a question. Peggy Raymond's Vacation or Friendly Terrace Transplanted I dropped an interrogative hint as to how March stood with Ravenel. John March, Southerner Almost ruined by the failures during the panic in 1826, he retired to Brighton, and there pushed forward his books and his interrogative system of education. Old and New London Volume I A, besides being an affirmative and interrogative adverb, answers to the English and, as, with, will go. Notes and Queries, Number 238, May 20, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc "Mr. Lennox is a pretty smart lawyer," began an old gentleman, who sat in one of the corners, in the half interrogative tone which indicated a wish to start conversation. The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings But he fancied he did not answer at all, and that he and Nan worked together, with quick interrogative looks at each other here and there, a lifted eyebrow, a confirming nod. Old Crow Yet he never vaunted his scepticism, but only let it exhale from him in interrogative insinuations that the premises and maxims of religion were refuted by the outcome of the war. John March, Southerner “Miss Jones is a brunette, musical and rich—I suppose she is rich?” she repeated, with an interrogative glance at Grover. Stories by American Authors, Volume 10 Zac put this in an interrogative way, for he wanted to know. The Lily and the Cross A Tale of Acadia “Shall we take a gondola or walk?” was Larry’s interrogative acceptance of the suggestion. Stories by American Authors, Volume 3 Then, dull though she was, growing red, repeated in a startled, awakened, interrogative tone, "Oh, Theo!" with a little gasp as for breath. A Country Gentleman and his Family Saton rose at once to his feet, but the interrogative words died away upon his lips. The Moving Finger Before expelling the last interrogative omnibus word, he would clench one fat fist and knead the air downward with it, to illustrate the process of putting down greediness with an iron hand. The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography She looked up at our appearance, gave an interrogative glance first at Menken and then, at me, and evidently made up her mind. The International Spy Being the Secret History of the Russo-Japanese War "You play chess, of course?" was his interrogative answer. The Bright Face of Danger Being an Account of Some Adventures of Henri de Launay, Son of the Sieur de la Tournoire Robert said nothing, although this remark was made in an interrogative tone, as if Mr. Sands still doubted whether our hero would be able to pay for his purchases. Robert Coverdale's Struggle Or, On The Wave Of Success Masterman's handsome face, which after his day's work was likely to be gray and lifeless, grew sharply interrogative. The Side Of The Angels A Novel There was an interrogative note in the last sentence. A Captain in the Ranks A Romance of Affairs Victor, at her knees, laid a paw upon her lap and whined an interrogative sympathy. Tante "Power, I suppose," said Nan doubtfully; then, with a slightly interrogative intonation—"and riches?" Name and Fame A Novel He said it was rank socialism, and he cut it out in the proof, where he gave the closing sentences of the article an interrogative instead of an affirmative shape. The Quality of Mercy It was this that, after an instant, made her again interrogative. The Wings of the Dove, Volume II As he made no answer, she fell silent, her dark eyes vaguely interrogative as though questioning herself as well as him concerning this unaccustomed contact. The Crimson Tide A Novel He fumbled in his pocket with an interrogative look at Whipple, and, "May I smoke in here?" and lit a cigarette without waiting a reply. The Million-Dollar Suitcase There's the question rhetorical, my little one, and the question interrogative. Dreamers of the Ghetto The accent was interrogative, although it was plain that only one answer was expected. The Dominant Strain The interrogative note in the music betrayed inquietude, even mental turbulence. Melomaniacs He was uncomfortably conscious of that interrogative gleam in Dryad’s glance––that amused glimmer which he couldn’t quite fathom––when she turned her head. Once to Every Man The action had been positive, rather than interrogative. Rope They conducted us to an eminence, where stood a podgy, high-shouldered, short-necked man with a squeaky interrogative voice and gold spectacles. The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba But remember, that the use of the interrogatives who? and what? however justifiable in grammar, is very impertinent in conversation. The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue No human power of face or tongue could stand the incessant volley of stale quips and mouldy jokes, affirmative, interrogative, and exclamatory, that fell about their victim. Dr. Sevier They kept on proffering persuasive little notes of interrogative sound, and possibly they advanced their claim to be heard because they had their day's work to do. The Prisoner "Well, Jennie," he said, studying her face in a quizzical, interrogative way, "what do you think of me, anyhow?" Jennie Gerhardt A Novel The interrogatives co, cia, &c., are placed before their nouns, with the article intervening; as, cia am fear? which man? Elements of Gaelic Grammar "Yes?" he said in so marked an interrogative that Mr. Hudson stopped short and flushed. The Marriage of Elinor Such were the things that divided her austere friend’s attention as she sat before him, seeking, with timid smiles and interrogative argument, for this new beginning of life some heartiness of approval from him. Dr. Sevier "You know we all thought it best you shouldn't," Anne said, always faintly interrogative. The Prisoner All difficulties about the cases of the interrogative pronoun may be determined by framing an answer, and observing the case of the word with which the interrogative coincides. A Handbook of the English Language More than once as I passed him he accosted me with the interrogative, "Are you Nancy Hazard's brat?"—a query that invariably prompted me to quicken my pace. As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century He looked at the daintily clad figure at my side with an interrogative smile. The Love Story of Abner Stone Sometimes the tone of the lines was hopefully grave, discussing in the old tentative, interrogative key the future and its possibilities. Dr. Sevier He appeared admirably cool and composed, glancing at the Countess for an instant with an interrogative expression; then he acknowledged my presence by bowing almost humorously. The Maids of Paradise Whatever be the case of this word will also be the case of the interrogative. A Handbook of the English Language A composite, interrogative stare came from the carful. Seven Miles to Arden Something in the interrogative yet fearless beauty of her upward gaze checked the torrent of indignant eloquence under which he was labouring, and, presently, left him even mentally mute, his lips parted stupidly. The Gay Rebellion Ans.—Asking questions in the church to learn, interrogative speech in the public congregation. The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity To get at these, I will put some of them in the interrogative form. Notes and Queries, Number 231, April 1, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. This the relative pronouns do, through the logical elements common to them and to the interrogatives: these latter essentially suggesting the idea of doubt. A Handbook of the English Language It is your current life's answer to these interrogatives that most interest people in this material world in your behalf. Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century And he looked at the old dog, whose face, as if he realized the peril of his position, bore an expression of supernatural gravity, with interrogative earnestness. Holiday Tales Christmas in the Adirondacks It makes clear what kind of an expression the whole sentence is: whether declarative, exclamatory, or interrogative. English: Composition and Literature The negative answer to these mental interrogatives—though only conjectural—was the bitterest reflection of all! The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness They were interrupted by his seeing the ladies—the carriage being now nearly abreast—turn their faces towards him in an odd interrogative way. The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley His reply was rather a continuation of the train of thought that had led to his last interrogative. The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea Bois-Rose, noticing an interrogative expression upon the face of the young man, at once entered upon an explanation. Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora There was irony mixed with anger in his reply, which was half interrogative. The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West These unpleasant interrogatives passed rapidly through my mind, and without obtaining reply. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness Saying this, he fixed his eyes on Santander’s face in a searching, interrogative way, as though he himself felt more than a common interest in the charming young lady who had been met in Louisiana. The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley My 17, 3, 21, 7 = an interrogative pronoun. Little Folks (November 1884) A Magazine for the Young Miss Vincent, manner the imperative mood; self, first person singular; mind, imperfect tense; eyes, positive; voice, in the superlative degree; nose, the interrogative point. The Boarding School Familiar conversations between a governess and her pupils. Written for the amusement and instruction of young ladies. Droop seated himself and directed an interrogative gaze at his visitor. The Panchronicon The hunter proceeded with his revelation—to him, a painful one—and, although I had already divined most of the particulars, I interrupted him only with an occasional interrogative. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness She put it in the form of a statement, but the rising inflection indicated the interrogative. Brand Blotters "Blood," he said, as if in answer to Berrington's interrogative glance. The Slave of Silence The man projected his unshaven chin, cunningly interrogative. From the Car Behind “Well, you know him now,” Rosina said at last, the inflection of her voice rampant with interrogative meaning. A Woman's Will It was not any lightness of heart that caused me to give an ironical form to the interrogative. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness The proletarian is that modern sphinx whose thundering interrogative society will be called upon to answer. An Anarchist Woman He stood upon the threshold, dangling his eye-glasses in his fingers, stolid, imperturbable, mildly interrogative. Anna the Adventuress When he looked up, she was regarding him thoughtfully, the black brows elevated, interrogative. No Clue A Mystery Story “And did you really have a pleasant evening?” said Trix, politely interrogative. Antony Gray,—Gardener My interrogatives were intended to arouse him from the reverie into which he had fallen. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness In the first of these two interrogations the interrogative particle a coalesces with es, in the second nag=ni ag, ag being the same interrogative particle, with a g added before a vowel. A Handbook of the Cornish Language chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature He only answered by a quick interrogative glance. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster There was that embarrassing, interrogative silence that makes one feel the futility of concealment. Found in the Philippines The Story of a Woman's Letters Mrs. Rushmore uttered the single word in an ejaculatory and interrogative tone, as only a certain number of old-fashioned Americans can. Fair Margaret A Portrait The sound was something between the snort of a hog and the first interrogative note of a watchdog, which hears a noise that requires explanation. Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters The terminations ma and ta are often added to the first and second persons singular of various tenses in interrogative and subjunctive sentences, and in the case of the first person even in ordinary narration. A Handbook of the Cornish Language chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature He looked interrogative, and Hoeing Charterhouse was repeated. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster Having this moment perused your letter the third time, I could not help giving you an answer to it, though there be nothing in it interrogative. Daughters of the Puritans A Group of Brief Biographies He stopped his rapid tirade, chucked a lump of sugar at an interrogative cat which was making the round of the tables, scowled, and suddenly fired at her: “What do you think of me?” The Job An American Novel “What is a pound?” asked Sir Robert Peel in an interrogative mood futile as Pilate’s. The Idler Magazine, Volume III., July 1893 An Illustrated Monthly The negative interrogative is the same preceded by nag. A Handbook of the Cornish Language chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature Now, all thinking men of all ages of history have ever tried to understand Nature as a whole and to answer regarding her three important questions represented by three interrogatives, what? how? and why? Notes on Islam It is a thought that seems to occur simultaneously to both, bringing their eyes up to one another’s faces, in a fiancé mutually interrogative. The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea Children are best approached through the interrogative mood. When Grandmamma Was New The Story of a Virginia Childhood How does the interrogative form of the sentence give it vividness? Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Literature In principal affirmative sentences it is usually in its impersonal form, in negative, interrogative, or dependent sentences always in its inflected form. A Handbook of the Cornish Language chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature But Mr Inglis was as innocent as his companion, who replied to his interrogative gaze with a look of astonishment so ludicrous that they both laughed long and heartily. Hollowdell Grange Holiday Hours in a Country Home But when she had seemed to forget that interrogative attitude toward life, he had settled down to unquestioning content in knowing he had the best housekeeper in the neighborhood. Country Neighbors He was a sharp child, interrogative in mind, and extremely loquacious. The Green Carnation Not that the great word of words—affirmative or interrogative—was spoken then or there. Bonaventure A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana In the case of a negative interrogative sentence the verb is immediately preceded by na=nî + a, whether it begins the sentence or is itself preceded by an interrogative conjunction. A Handbook of the Cornish Language chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature He glanced quaintly, with an interrogative lift of his eyebrows, at the bed to the left. The Dew of Their Youth At this he ceases speaking, and elevates his eyes, with an interrogative glance which takes in all the plain ahead, up to the horizon’s verge. Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco "If Bouchereau died, his wife would be rich?" said the Captain, musingly, but in an interrogative tone. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847 I got along very well till Chitty came up, and his interrogatives were so pert and pointed that he very nearly spoiled the entire labor. Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War The verbal particles a and re and the interrogative particle a are followed by a verb in the second state. i. A Handbook of the Cornish Language chiefly in its latest stages with some account of its history and literature "She thinks that you are going to marry Paul?" observed the professor, with an interrogative intonation. Paul Patoff “Why do you ask that?” is the interrogative rejoinder, in a tone distrustful. Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco The psycho-integrator isn't any standard interrogative technique; it's dangerous and treacherous. The Dark Door The MHG. simple interrogative pronoun has no independent form for the feminine, and is declined in the singular only. A Middle High German Primer Third Edition Exclamatory; a declarative, imperative, or interrogative sentence that expresses violent emotion, such as terror, surprise, or anger; as, You shall take that book! or, Can that book be mine? Practical Grammar and Composition The interrogative response of Jesus to the muttered criticism of the scribes, Pharisees, and doctors, has been interpreted in many ways. Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern These, earnestly interrogative, tell of apprehension, as of an enemy he might expect to be there, in short, making a reconnaissance to see if the “coast be clear.” Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco Shall, in an interrogative sentence, in the first and third persons, consults the will or judgment of another; in the second person, it inquires concerning the intention or future action of another. The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. Then he offered a short, interrogative, authoritative bark, a mere monosyllable of inquiry. Schwartz: A History From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray Relative Pronouns are pronouns used to introduce adjective or noun clauses that are not interrogative. Practical Grammar and Composition When Violet entered, the count placed a seat for her, but she remained standing, with an interrogative look from Mr. Quorn to me which seemed to ask an explanation of that gentleman's presence. In Direst Peril After a short pause, he resumes his strain of interrogative conjecture now on another matter, which has also struck him as being strange. Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco Will, in an interrogative sentence, in the second person, asks concerning the wish, and, in the third person, concerning the purpose or future action of others. The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. “Well, sir,” he said, gliding into an interrogative tone, “if you really mean it——?” The Golden Shoemaker or 'Cobbler' Horn Exercise 10 Choose the proper relative or interrogative pronoun to be inserted in each of the following sentences. Practical Grammar and Composition Later still, she resorted to the interrogative, and asked me if I thought Margaret would ever marry, to which I answered: "I hope so, but she shall not with my consent." St. Cuthbert's This revelation, though so casual in its form, fairly drew from Lady Sandgate, as she took it in, an interrogative wail. The Outcry This pronoun as an interrogative applies to persons as well as to things; as a relative, it is now made to refer to things only. The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. Perker’s face and attitude are altered in b, where he is made more interrogative. Pickwickian Manners and Customs Write five interrogative sentences in which shall is used and five in which will is used. Practical Grammar and Composition I had a pretty good idea, but did not make the admission and continued to look interrogative. We Three The tone made so light of her that it was barely interrogative. The Outcry In all these sentences the interrogative pronoun is in the objective case, and should be used in the objective form, which is whom, and not who. The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. "Well!" said the Chief, in an interrogative tone. Mary Louise and the Liberty Girls The interrogative pronoun has other functions besides making an interrogation. Practical Grammar and Composition The demonstratives and interrogatives are inflected for number and person like the rest. The Gundungurra Language "Mr. Maitland?" she said, in an interrogative tone. The Mark Of Cain They were to surprise Him, but, when He came forth fearless, rapt and interrogative, He surprised them, and compelled them to take an altogether unexpected attitude. The Trial and Death of Jesus Christ A Devotional History of our Lord's Passion When he did speak, it was in the interrogative, and he pastured his intellect on our high-class Magazines. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, January 14, 1893 Errors in the use of interrogative pronouns are made in the same way as in the use of the relatives. Practical Grammar and Composition He himself, after adjournment, exhibited to the interrogative major two long letters, recently received from San Francisco, in graceful feminine hand, and signed "Your sad but devoted wife, Naomi." A Wounded Name “Something gone down yonder, and not yet dead?” she mutters, in interrogative soliloquy. The Lone Ranche So mentally inquired Karl and Caspar; but before either had time to shape his thought into an interrogative speech, the shikaree had answered it. The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" “Miss Perry?” said Madam, in an interrogative tone. The Maidens' Lodge None of Self and All of Thee, (In the Reign of Queen Anne) Some personal, relative, and interrogative pronouns have distinctive forms for the different cases, and the failure to use the proper case forms in the sentence is one of the most frequent sources of error. Practical Grammar and Composition Even in such stylistic devices as introducing the interrogatives by giving the form, following it with "to which one responds," and then listing a number of characteristic answers; Collado is faithful to the Introductiones. Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language At last, he caught the idea of location—but it was location in the interrogative! Islands of Space I. A full stop is placed at the end of every sentence that is neither exclamatory nor interrogative. "Stops", Or How to Punctuate A Practical Handbook for Writers and Students And Ruth was in her, for, presently, as the children's voices travelled back across the still water, Vashti heard Matthew Henry's pitched to a shrill interrogative and calling his mother by name. Major Vigoureux In interrogative sentences shall should always be used with the first person. Practical Grammar and Composition The particles ca and zo, as has been said above, are used as interrogatives. Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language At the end of every sentence unless interrogative or exclamatory. Punctuation A Primer of Information about the Marks of Punctuation and their Use Both Grammatically and Typographically If an interrogative sentence ends with a quotation, the point of interrogation stands outside the inverted commas. "Stops", Or How to Punctuate A Practical Handbook for Writers and Students The lawyer threw an interrogative glance at the churchman. The Secret of the Storm Country The exclamatory and interrogative sentences, of which amateurs use so many, under the mistaken impression that they lend vivacity and vividness, should be totally eschewed. Short Story Writing A Practical Treatise on the Art of The Short Story Usually ni is added when it is required by the verb, and the interrogatives ca or zo are always put at the end of the sentence, with zo preferred. Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language They were the period, the semicolon, the comma, the “interrogative,” and the parenthesis. Punctuation A Primer of Information about the Marks of Punctuation and their Use Both Grammatically and Typographically If an interrogative sentence ends with a quotation which is itself interrogatory, the point of interrogation is placed outside the inverted commas. "Stops", Or How to Punctuate A Practical Handbook for Writers and Students She knew by the change of his look, interrogative, amused, incredulous. The Coast of Chance After a moment of this keen scrutiny, the deputy turned to the constable with an interrogative wave of the hand. The Young Mountaineers Short Stories Her tone was coldly interrogative, her eyes hostile, as she stared steadily at Grace. Grace Harlowe's Problem From the empty plate which she had commandeered as a temporary pillow the Yellow Canary lifted an interrogative beak.... Peace on Earth, Good-will to Dogs Exclamations in an interrogative form take a mark of exclamation after them, not a point of interrogation. "Stops", Or How to Punctuate A Practical Handbook for Writers and Students With a bird-like lifting of the head she gave a sidelong interrogative glance. The Coast of Chance The conversation at first was mainly between Hermione and Artois, with an occasional word from Delarey—generally interrogative—and was confined to generalities. The Call of the Blood He could still hear the man's voice—a voice of very peculiar tone, somewhat harsh and strident, with an interrogative inflection at the end of each sentence. The Child of Pleasure By which eager interrogatives he perceived that she was "the gal." The Drummer Boy For illustration, let the pronoun "I" be uttered in a tone of interrogative surprise; a concrete with a rising interval will be the result. The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 The sudden introduction of the interrogative clause in this line is an example of the figure of speech called anadiplosis. Milton's Comus He laughed, and Overland, turning, regarded him with bushy, interrogative brows. Overland Red A Romance of the Moonstone Cañon Trail He spoke in his own language, beginning each sentence with an interrogative intonation and ending with a monotonous irritating drop of the voice. The Child of Pleasure He played his interrogative finger of light up and down, and it was a full minute before his slowly-adjusting sight penetrated to the remoter and higher area of the surrounding walls. Phantom Wires A Novel "Oh, Hubert," she said brokenly, "I am so sorry; but I promise I will tell you—by Easter?" and her tone was interrogative. By What Authority? The cry of the mungoose is a grating mew, varied occasionally by a little querulous yelp, which seems to be given in an interrogative sort of way when searching for anything. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon It is to be said, further, that I found the endeavor impracticable to ascertain the order of succession in which the child uses the different interrogative words. The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX. "Do you not know that we are of the army of Gen. Carranza?" was the interrogative reply. The Broncho Rider Boys with Funston at Vera Cruz Or, Upholding the Honor of the Stars and Stripes This interrogative ‘portion of divine scripture’ is forcibly illustrated by an anecdote, related with most effective dryness by a friend of ours. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, January 1844 Volume 23, Number 1 In a well-constructed period the Antecedent phrase is, therefore, always more or less interrogative, and the Consequent phrase responsive, in character. Lessons in Music Form A Manual of Analysis of All the Structural Factors and Designs Employed in Musical Composition The people ran to the water's edge and began firing a broadside of down east interrogatives with such rapidity as to nearly swamp him. The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World The word "Where?" continued for a long time to be his only interrogative. The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX. He seemed puzzled, awed; there were dark lines under his eyes, his cheeks were pale and his mouth had lost its tendency to smile, its lines were heavy; but, above all, his expression was interrogative. The Prelude to Adventure The extended forms of the pronouns given in the above table are not much used as separate words, except in answer to interrogatives, or assertively. The Wiradyuri and Other Languages of New South Wales George Washington, evidently not quite sure that he understood the doctor, said with an interrogative glance, "You like—see him—dead man—put in ground?" Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 Intonation is used as a grammatic process only to a limited extent—simply to assist in forming the interrogative and imperative modes. On the Evolution of Language First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 1-16 This child from the thirty-first month on made much use of the interrogative words. The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX. And over Rio he once more cast and pursed up his gently interrogative net, gathering in the discomforting information that Binhart had already relayed, from that city to a Lloyd-Brazileiro steamer. Never-Fail Blake The Englishman is not-quite so well off, but he is better off than his poor interrogative and tentative cousin beyond the seas. Hawthorne (English Men of Letters Series) It will be seen from the above examples, that much of the Socratic questioning is really explanatory; the questions, though interrogative in form, being often rhetorical, and therefore assertive in value. Ontario Normal School Manuals: Science of Education She opened proceedings by an interrogative "Well?" and closed her mouth with a snap. A Crooked Path A Novel And Fuchsia planted her sharp elbows on the table and cast an interrogative glance round her audience. The Road to Mandalay A Tale of Burma So the next day Blake moved inland, working his interrogative way along the Big Ditch to Panama. Never-Fail Blake Observing that his volcanic interrogative eruption was non-productive he slowed down and repeated the questions. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben There was a little pause before the last two words, as if he had expected her to anticipate them with something, and there was a half interrogative note in his voice. Told in a French Garden August, 1914 Her eyes dropped to the shapely hands meekly folded in her lap, dropped because the bold, interrogative expression on Rentgen's face disturbed her. Visionaries The noun in Fuyuge has a special form to indicate the interrogative. The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea One of the four quadrupeds drowsing under the brush shelter languidly turned an inquiring eye and interrogative ear in his direction, and conveyed, after the manner of the mule, a suggestion as to supper. Foes in Ambush There was something so interrogative in his mother's tone that Anderson was obliged to say something. The Debtor A Novel "O! not lately," she answered to our interrogative surprise, and giving a swift embarrassed look at her father, which I at once connected with the secret of the doubloons. Pieces of Eight After such desultory interrogatives, without any warning, came Question 15: ‘Give the character of Prince Potemki’:— Sordidly mean, ostentatiously prodigal, filthily intemperate and affectedly refined. Masques & Phases The last syllable besides is rarely heard except in questions, and refers then to the interrogative form. The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea Most grammarians contend for five moods, two of which, the potential or powerful, and the subjunctive, are predicated on the same principles as Mr. Harris' optative, interrogative, etc., which they condemn. Lectures on Language As Particularly Connected with English Grammar. He looked from them to the two older women of the same race with their children, and again his pessimistic attitude, evolved from his own misery, set his mind in a bitterly interrogative attitude. The Debtor A Novel Four mouths—three empty and one full of tongue—framed the interrogative simultaneously. Berry And Co. This is inquiry, not a mere interrogative, but to express that the person addressed has not been clearly understood, perhaps from the vagueness or diffusiveness of his expressions. Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Among Other Peoples And Deaf-Mutes First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-1880, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 263-552 The vocative alone often takes a final a as in the interrogative form. The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea The visiting cousin's mild, interrogative face peered out around the black panel of the covered wagon at Barney's poor house; her spectacles glittered at it in the sun. Pembroke A Novel She came towards him, smiling, self-possessed, but a little interrogative. Nobody's Man A second sentence which may be classed with the preceding is the interrogative. Public Speaking The particle ti is added to a verb to make it interrogative. Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence The interrogative is only employed with reference to the verb itself, not to the complements. The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea When the awfulness of the situation dawned upon them they looked at each other one day in the interrogative and agreed that the poisonous weed should be uprooted. Skookum Chuck Fables Bits of History, Through the Microscope An Esperanto statement is converted into a question without any inversion of subject and verb or any change at all, except the addition of the interrogative particle ĉu. International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar Is the interrogative form of the last sentence better than the declarative? Public Speaking This is the regular form of interrogative in the third person. Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence The future interrogative replies to the question, “Can I...”? or “Should I...” The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea "Even when you and he are both gone to Italy," said Lucy, reassuring herself, faintly interrogative. The Lee Shore He nodded, but the slight interrogative emphasis caught him, and he looked up at her. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt The interrogative form has the same disadvantage as the exclamatory. Public Speaking "Oh," she remarked with a peculiar interrogative inflection. Poor Man's Rock The negative interrogative is formed like the simple negative by me or mi preceding the verb. The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea I thought first of following Madame de Palme and explaining to her that she was mistaken—which was true—as to the interrogative answer which had offended her. Led Astray and The Sphinx Two Novellas In One Volume "Well, sir," she said, in an interrogative tone. The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One Long, medium, short; declarative, exclamatory, interrogative; simple, loose, periodic; use them all as material permits and economy of time and attention prescribes. Public Speaking The Deacon indulged in an interrogative whistle, and jerked his thumb in the direction of a corn-barn which stood near the base of the hill. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 The interrogative form of his statement is rhetorically the strongest possible affirmation. The Testimony of the Bible Concerning the Assumptions of Destructive Criticism Rhetorical questions, although the equivalent of affirmative or negative statements, nevertheless retain enough of their interrogative effect to be used advantageously for the beginning of an article. How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers Ecquis, any one, though strictly an Indefinite, generally has interrogative force. New Latin Grammar Usually his charges bored him with their interrogative chatter, for he knew that his information more often than not went into one ear and out of the other. The Ragged Edge He looked at her, and then at his own hand, on which the accommodating mosquito was artistically flattened, and then at her again, with a slight, interrogative frown. Bressant His answers to all interrogatives now became so brief and abrupt, that but few ventured to address him the second time. Ella Barnwell A Historical Romance of Border Life By a figurative, paradoxical, or interrogative form, the title may pique curiosity. How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers Pronouns, defined, 82; —— classes, 83; —— personal, 84; —— reflexive, 85; —— possessive, 86; —— demonstrative, 87; —— intensive, 88; —— relative, 89; —— interrogative, 90; —— indefinite, 91; —— pronominal adjs., New Latin Grammar In speech he was brief and interrogative, but impatient under a tardy or inefficient answer. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 These are composed in lines of five syllables, in stanzas of unequal length, one interrogative and one responsive. Myths and Legends of China What, whether relative or interrogative, is without variation. A Grammar of the English Tongue During a moment he then fixed upon her an interrogative eye, that impetuously demanded: 'Do you not perceive the change I am experiencing?' Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale) (2nd ed.) (2 vols.) Edited with notes and Introductory Account of her life and writings "Oh, is that it?" responded Adams, and he turned upon the other a look that was coolly interrogative. The Wheel of Life The remark was slightly interrogative, but was combative withal. Unleavened Bread Unconsciously the White Linen Nurse's lax shoulders quickened, and the sudden upward tilt of her chin was as frankly interrogative as a French inflection. The White Linen Nurse Its chief use is in interrogative forms of speech, in which it is used through all the persons; as, Do I live? A Grammar of the English Tongue What kind of inflection should be used at the end of an interrogative sentence? 1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading When he began coming forward, it was with a slow, interrogative movement, as though he were asking how she had come there, in disregard of their preconcerted signals. The Inner Shrine All these remarks were put by Selma in the slightly interrogative form, as though she were courting any argument to the contrary which could be adduced in order to knock it in the head. Unleavened Bread This manipulator had kept her long to one set of motions, stiff pleading arm, anxious head, interrogative joints, and a strut of wolfish eagerness and hunger. Flames I looked at her, and she sent me a little sad interrogative smile that asked me why I walked the decks thus savagely and alone? The Belfry That is employed after the interrogative who, in cases like the following; "Who that has any sense of religion, would have argued thus?" English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Sentences showing the use of interrogative what:— Since I from Smaylho'me tower have been, What did thy lady do? An English Grammar She looked at him with that faintly interrogative lifting of the eyebrows, which always seemed familiar to him. The Divine Fire I gave him your name," he said briefly, in answer to Raeburn's interrogative look, when he returned, "and told him what we were after. Marcella Another look passed between him and Forest, amused or interrogative on the visitor's part, non-committal on the butler's. Elizabeth's Campaign Rules in parsing an interrogative?—Does the relative which ever relate to a sentence for its antecedent?—When does the conjunction as become a relative?—Give examples. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Relative pronouns differ from both personal and interrogative pronouns in referring to an antecedent, and also in having a conjunctive use. An English Grammar This effect of an upward sweep was repeated in the tilt of her vivid mouth and emphasised by the arch of her eyebrows, giving a faintly interrogative expression to her face. The Divine Fire Lady Selina's head in its Paris bonnet fell to one side in a gentle interrogative sort of way. Marcella Drawn on by Ferrier's interrogative glance, she quietly repeated, with more detail, and even greater austerity, the arguments and considerations she had made use of in her wrestle with Sir James. The Testing of Diana Mallory Whether the interrogative really refers to a subsequent or not, is doubtful; but it is certain that the subsequent should agree in case with the interrogative. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures It is sometimes hard for the student to tell a relative from an interrogative pronoun. An English Grammar But this amazing, dreamy, interrogative look was not the sort of thing that Poppy was accustomed to, and for once in her life Poppy felt shy. The Divine Fire "Why have I done?" was, is, and ever will be, the whining interrogative of stricken inability; "Why am I about to do?" the provident question of thoughtful, far-seeing success. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 1844 Outside, in the street, he stood for a moment, hesitating, and an expectant fiacre drew up before the house, the cocher raising an interrogative whip. Jason The note of interrogation is used at the end of an interrogative sentence; as, "Who adorned the heavens with such exquisite beauty?" English Grammar in Familiar Lectures In the regular direct question the interrogative is easily recognized; so is the relative when an antecedent is close by. An English Grammar Miss Bishop had red hair, a loose vivacious mouth, and her stare was grossly interrogative. The Divine Fire He dropped his smile and looked interrogative, his bit of acting still keeping her off her guard. The Wild Olive If you are wise you will speak to him in the interrogative mood exclusively; and you will treat his answers with contumelious laughter or disdainful silence. Twenty-One Days in India; and, the Teapot Series What, when used as an interrogative, is never compound. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures These are interrogative sentences, but in none of them does the pronoun ask the question. An English Grammar He pitched the remark in an interrogative key. The Philanderers Nelly looked up, and met an eye, fiercely interrogative, yet trying hard not to be interrogative. Missing The use of that word "like" at the end of an interrogative sentence, in the Five Towns, is a subject upon which a book ought to be written; but not this history. Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.) When the rel. pron. is of the interrog. kind, it refers to the word or phrase containing the answer to the question, for its subsequent, which subsequent must agree in case with the interrogative. English Grammar in Familiar Lectures In the first, whence is the interrogative word, which has the antecedent hue. An English Grammar Thorpe's tone was interrogative, but he was evidently not particularly interested. A Spinner in the Sun It goes without saying that in these cases the English principle of word order is as potent a means of expression as is the Latin use of case suffixes or of an interrogative particle. Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech What," he exclaims, putting his argument in his favorite interrogative form,—"what is the most odious species of tyranny? The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style Blizzard turned his head slowly at the sound, and looked up at her with agate eyes, coldly interrogative. The Penalty The subject in interrogative and imperative simple sentences. An English Grammar He stared at her in interrogative surprise—observing which she hastened to retreat down a run-hole. Deadham Hard The interrogative sentence possesses an entirely different “modality” from the declarative one and implies a markedly different attitude of the speaker towards his companion. Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech Something in his companion’s tone caused Inspector Dawfield to direct an interrogative glance at him. The Moon Rock He stood still—fiercely interrogative—his hands in his pockets, on the other side of the table. Fenwick's Career In the interrogative sentence, the subject is frequently after the verb. An English Grammar "Poor brother!" think I; "well, thank Heaven! at least he has not revived; he would not be 'poor' if he had," but I say only, "Yes?" with a delicately interrogative accent. Nancy It is psychologically unsound to draw the line of form cleavage between whom and the personal pronouns on the one side, the remaining interrogative and relative pronouns on the other. Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech The doctor, with compressed lips, slightly shook a negativing head, as the Master raised interrogative brows. The Flying Legion The porter evidently regarded this question with some disfavour, for he replied only with an interrogative grunt. The Mystery of 31 New Inn The following are all the interrogative forms:— SING. An English Grammar "That's grand news?" she remarked presently, with a querulous interrogative note in her voice. North, South and over the Sea It needs to be eliminated if the interrogative pronoun is to receive all its latent power. Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech "Kingdoms and provinces, and towns and cities," exclaims Mr. Shandy, throwing the sentence, like the "born orator" his son considered him, into the rhetorical interrogative, "have they not their periods?" Sterne Interrogative Pronouns.+—The pronouns who, which, and what are used to ask questions, and when so used, are called interrogative pronouns. Composition-Rhetoric On the other hand, care must be taken to see whether the pronoun is the word that really asks the question in an interrogative sentence. An English Grammar Mirabeau, hurt at the cold, interrogative tone of the minister and the sense he attached to the word proposals, jumps up in a rage and says: "My proposal is to wish you good day." A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 The second of our four factors applies only to the interrogative use of whom, the fourth factor applies with more force to the interrogative than to the relative. Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech There was an interrogative lilt at the end of all his sentences, even when, as now, he was making statements that admitted of no denial. The Three Sisters The introductory whom is an interrogative pronoun, and the clause itself is called an indirect question. Composition-Rhetoric Examples of these three kinds are, declarative, "Old year, you must not die!" interrogative, "Hath he not always treasures, always friends?" imperative, "Come to the bridal chamber, Death!" An English Grammar She asked this not without malice, her long, violet, Slavic eyes widely open, and her red mouth, a trifle too large, perhaps, a trifle cruel, fascinatingly interrogative over her white teeth. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 Footnote 138: Most sentences beginning with interrogative whom are likely to be followed by did or does, do. Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech He paused, and his eyes behind the glasses were mildly interrogative. Love and Mr. Lewisham Classification of Sentences as to Purpose.+—Sentences are classified according to purpose into three classes: declarative, interrogative, and imperative sentences. Composition-Rhetoric Either the verb is the first word of the sentence, or an interrogative pronoun, adjective, or adverb that asks about the subject. An English Grammar A relative or an interrogative pronoun is commonly placed at the head of its clause, and of course it precedes the verb which governs it; as, "I am Jesus, whom thou persecutest." The Grammar of English Grammars It is worth looking into the reason for our curious reluctance to use locutions involving the word “whom” particularly in its interrogative sense. Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech For, to what else,' said Mrs General, with a slightly interrogative action of her gloves, 'could I impute—' 'To—ha—yourself, Mrs General. Little Dorrit Notice that the exclamation point follows the declarative and imperative forms, but the interrogative form is followed by the question mark. Composition-Rhetoric The interrogative pronoun who may be said to have no objective form in spoken English. An English Grammar Pronouns are divided into three classes; personal, relative, and interrogative. The Grammar of English Grammars I believe it is safe to infer that there is a rather strong feeling in English that the interrogative pronoun or adverb, typically an emphatic element in the sentence, should be invariable. Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech Miss J’mima Ivins’s friend’s young man eyed the man behind the waistcoat from head to foot, and cast a look of interrogative contempt towards Mr. Samuel Wilkins. Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people It is therefore impossible to make a very accurate classification, but we may divide them, according to use, into limiting, interrogative, and conjunctive adverbs. Composition-Rhetoric Other examples of indirect discourse have been given in Part I., under interrogative pronouns, interrogative adverbs, and the subjunctive mood of verbs. An English Grammar For instance, four and twenty of them will have interrogative pronouns to be relatives; but who that knows what a relative pronoun is, can coincide with them in opinion? The Grammar of English Grammars Even in the interrogative one does not say Him did you see? Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech He is a tall, thin, bony man, with an interrogative nose, and little restless perking eyes, which appear to have been given him for the sole purpose of peeping into other people’s affairs with. Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people I sounded an interrogative note and decapitated an egg. Tono Bungay Relative pronoun, 74. but and as, 84. distinguished from interrogative, in indirect questions, 85. function of, 74. indefinite or compound, 83. omission of, 87, 293. restrictive use of, 289. syntax of, 289. use of, 74. An English Grammar Which and what, with their compounds, whichever or whichsoever, whatever or whatsoever, though sometimes put before nouns as adjectives, are, for the most part, relative or interrogative pronouns. The Grammar of English Grammars "There'll be enough for a year or so?" she said, timidly interrogative. The Price She Paid He had a habit of eking out his words with interrogative hems, which was puzzling and a little wearisome, suited ill with his appearance, and seemed a survival from some former stage of bodily portliness. Memories and Portraits The fruits seemed a convenient thing to begin upon, and holding one of these up I began a series of interrogative sounds and gestures. The Time Machine Which, antecedent of, 79. as adjective, 104, 105. as relative pronoun, 75. in indirect questions, 85. indefinite relative, 83. interrogative pronoun in direct questions, 72. syntax of, 295-299. whose, possessive of, 78. An English Grammar So the interrogative who may be the antecedent to the relative that; as, "Who that has any moral sense, dares tell lies?" The Grammar of English Grammars I answered my friend's interrogative glance with a decided affirmative, and we moved to the other table. Beauty and the Beast, and Tales of Home But in the interrogative light of her pause her companion's features underwent no change. The Reef I repeated with an inflection interrogative and probably foolish. The Aspern Papers With the same order of words five interrogative sentences may also be expressed, and a third series of exclamatory sentences expressing anger, incredulity, &c., may be obtained from the same words. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 In stead of ending the sentence with is in, say, "The answer always agrees in case with the interrogative word." The Grammar of English Grammars And in answer to his interrogative glance she went on. The Europeans Gordon Wright, in spite of Bernard's interrogative glances, indulged in no optical confidences. Confidence His voice, always very mild and interrogative, gradually became as soft and as tenderly argumentative as if he had been talking to a much-loved child. The American Rowland looked interrogative; whereupon she beckoned him forward and motioned him to look behind the screen. Roderick Hudson Alexander, six; "personal, relative, demonstrative, interrogative, definitive, and adjective." The Grammar of English Grammars These interrogatives were addressed to the footman who had come in to say that the keeper had found one of Dagley's boys with a leveret in his hand just killed. Middlemarch The politely interrogative smile faded from her lips. The Box with Broken Seals He paused with an interrogative lift of his eyebrows. The Black Bag They were sitting in the hall, and Lady Ruth looked up from her embroidery as she spoke, with art interrogative glance towards Mrs. Clutsam and Julia. The Ashiel mystery A Detective Story Alden has seven sorts; "personal, possessive, relative, interrogative, distributive, demonstrative, and indefinite." The Grammar of English Grammars The calm attitude—the voice, just a shade interrogative, exasperated Letty still more. Sir George Tressady — Volume II In a corner, specially lit, a large bust of the late Lord Coryston conveyed to a younger generation the troubled, interrogative look which in later life had been the normal look of the original. The Coryston Family A Novel He greeted me as I passed in, addressing me in an interrogative manner with one word, the only one I ever heard him utter,— "Owasyerelthbin?" The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860 He laid his hand tentatively on a chair, and looked towards her with an interrogative glance. Roden's Corner Dr. Crombie thinks, "that interrogatives are strictly relatives;" and yet divides the two classes with his own hand! The Grammar of English Grammars She felt the others observing him too, and hovered restlessly between him and the line of interrogative eyes. The Greater Inclination The tone of this sentence was slightly interrogative, and the girl on the grass nodded gravely. The Coryston Family A Novel If his friends did not agree with him he would reply with a mildly interrogative "Yes?" and then proceed as before. Sketches from Concord and Appledore This might have been interrogative, or uttered as an assertion, but I took it as the former, and answered accordingly. The Uninhabited House Are the interrogative pronouns declined like the simple relatives? The Grammar of English Grammars The animal paused on the threshold, interrogative alert, ready for flight if necessary. The King in Yellow Whenever Mr. Rayne was about to impose any new duty on his nephew, he assumed a stern air that showed a tendency towards the imperative, rather than the interrogative. Honor Edgeworth Ottawa's Present Tense It is but an interrogative point, but the height of our affirmation is taken with it. The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded Harry felt the enthusiasm of friendship; an hundred interrogatives were put to him in a moment as where had he been? where was he going? how did he do? &c. &c. Henry Fielding: a Memoir What is the interrogative form of the verb love with the pronoun I? The Grammar of English Grammars Imogen asked, as the tiny griffon darted into the room and ran about, sniffing with interrogative anxiety. A Fountain Sealed "M-e-w?" said he, in a meek interrogative, as much as to say, "What is that dreadful noise?" The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories "Ever" has for centuries been employed as an intensive particle after the interrogative pronouns and adverbs how, who, what, where, why. America To-day, Observations and Reflections "Yes?" said Rufus, in the interrogative tone of a man who was waiting to hear more. The Fallen Leaves What is the interrogative form of the verb love with the pronoun he? The Grammar of English Grammars The former passage is interrogative, and, like all the earlier part of the book, sets forth, not the Preacher's ultimate convictions, but a phase through which he passed on his way to these. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes This how for what, and the interrogative yes, still remained. The Lady of the Aroostook As the best means of communicating with him, the trapper climbed through the narrow opening, and to the top of the tree, where he ensconced himself, just as the steam man uttered its interrogative whistle. The Huge Hunter Or, the Steam Man of the Prairies Cats, too, were prone to notice him, rising as he passed to hoist an interrogative tail and make tentative observations. The Fighting Chance An interrogative pronoun is a pronoun with which a question is asked; as, "Who touched my clothes?" The Grammar of English Grammars “Verily?” said the Earl, in an interrogative tone. Grisly Grisell Even the interrogative comment, with the rising inflection, could not chill his enthusiasm. The Lady of the Aroostook She cast an indignant glance at the building, as if to make it an accessory to the fact, and turning a kindling and interrogative glance upon her companion, encountered one of profound and scintillating significance. Life at High Tide Observe, further, the interrogative form of the parable. Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII The interrogative pronouns are who, which, and what; being the same in form as relatives. The Grammar of English Grammars There are several white hens in the yard, and whensoever one crosses his path the bull, who does not pretend to discriminate, tosses his head with an interrogative gesture. Tropic Days If there is no interrogative word, the subject stands after the verb when this is simple; after the first word of it when it is compound. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition This being graciously accorded, the mate, with a most doleful countenance, and a very unassured voice, made answer to the plain interrogative of the Clerk of Arraigns-- "Not guilty, my Lord." The Bushman — Life in a New Country When any body says "surely," at once up springs a question; nothing being sure, and the word itself at heart quite interrogative. Erema — My Father's Sin Examples: "The answer is always in the same case that the interrogative word is." The Grammar of English Grammars The strength of the Scotch mind is in its interrogative quality, and instinctively Mary fell behind the cover of a question. A Daughter of Fife Decline the several personal pronouns, the relative and the interrogative. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition But between these data there are great interrogative blanks no generalization will fill— cases, situations, temperaments. Mankind in the Making Suddenly the sound, that had been querulous, interrogative and various, changed like an organ when a new stop is pulled out. Gone to Earth Who is an interrogative pronoun, of the third person, singular number, masculine gender, and nominative case. The Grammar of English Grammars Change each of the following declarative sentences into three interrogative sentences, and tell how the change was made. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room The interrogative pronouns who, which, and what are declined like the relatives who, which, and what. Higher Lessons in English A work on English grammar and composition In many instances in which who is used as an interrogative, it does not become whom; as "Who do you speak to?" Enquire Within Upon Everything The Great Victorian Domestic Standby He had a habit of eking out his words with interrogative hems, which was puzzling and a little wearisome, suited ill with his appearance, and seemed a survival from some former stage of bodily portliness. Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson An interrogative pronoun is a pronoun with which a question is asked. The Grammar of English Grammars Write a declarative, an interrogative, an imperative, and an exclamatory sentence on each of the following topics. Graded Lessons in English An Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room If the interrogative word is object complement or attribute complement or a modifier of either, the order is transposed. 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