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Meanings of question point in English

Russian
вопросительный знак
Portuguese
ponto de interrogação
Catalan
signe d'interrogació
Spanish
interrogation point

Typographic character indicating a question.

Related terms
вопросительный знак
Usage of question point in English
1
He blurted the question point-blank, and Willa smiled in spite of herself.
The Fifth Ace
2
Finally he forced the issue, putting it as a question point-blank.
Woodrow Wilson as I Know Him
3
Then he put the question point-blank, would the Embassy sanction this man's arrest?
The Days Before Yesterday
4
Ernest stopped and put the question point blank to a number of the men.
The Iron Heel
5
But let us look into the question point by point.
Hiero
6
But-but- 'Hehesitated, and fired another question point-blank at me: 'You come from Falmouth?'
Poison Island
7
Gertrude (aside) The question point-blank does not do with her.
The Stepmother, A Drama in Five Acts
8
Philip put the question point blank.
The Crucifixion of Philip Strong
9
Remember that he asked me the question point-blank, and that no reply would have been equal to an affirmation.
Phineas Finn / The Irish Member
10
There was something else the boy wanted badly to know, but he was diffident about asking the question point blank.
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
11
He had been frank in giving his opinion of Bergstein, since Thayor had put the question point blank to him.
The Lady of Big Shanty
12
She thought it better, however, to ask the question point blank; and she received a reply-ofcourse accompanied by a snub.
A Forgotten Hero / Not for Him
13
The bolos were taken for the purpose of cutting the cane, and on the way George's inevitable question point was in evidence.
The Wonder Island Boys: The Mysteries of the Caverns
14
He asked her a question point blank and she would not answer him, and for some way they walked in grim silence.
Love and Mr. Lewisham
15
You can guess with what artful design Mrs. Morley put that question point-blank, fixing keen eyes on Isaura while she put it.
The Parisians — Volume 09
16
On the following jom I determined to ask the Chief Pauper himself directly; and accordingly, after a brief preamble, I put the question point-blank:
A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder