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Meanings of mute question in English

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Usage of mute question in English
1
He didn't speak, just held his hands up in a mute question.
Blood harvest
2
But the mute question in those eyes was what concerned him.
The Nest of the Sparrowhawk: A Romance of the XVIIth Century
3
The answer to his mute question came sooner than he expected.
The Captain of the Kansas
4
Grace's eyes were immediately fixed on her in mute question.
Grace Harlowe's Problem
5
He turned to him, a mute question on his lips.
Flamsted quarries
6
The mute question was in the eyes of both.
The Song of the Blood-Red Flower
7
Judge Merlin replied to that mute question by saying:
Ishmael; Or, In the Depths
8
His mute question stung Littimer to the quick.
The Crimson Blind
9
I paused a moment, looking at them in the night shadows, at the mute question on their faces.
The Last Ship
10
It displayed a mute question, however.
The Forfeit
11
It seemed to Betty watching them, that thus he gave a mute answer to some mute question or entreaty made.
Tales from Many Sources, Vol. V
12
Her shaded eyes met mine with that mute question....
Tono-Bungay
13
As if divining his thoughts, she looked up at him and answered his mute question, following it with another of incalculable gentleness.
An Unpardonable Liar
14
Ivan Danilovich came in in his vest, his shirt sleeves rolled up, and in response to Nikolay's mute question, said in his thin voice:
Mother
15
Eleanore suddenly felt that she could no longer endure Daniel's mute questioning.
The Goose Man
16
Such were the mute questions which their looks asked each other.
In Times of Peril: A Tale of India
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