as in question
an interrogative expression often used to test knowledge
though she phrased it as an interrogative, it was clear that the utterance was more of a command
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Recent Examples of interrogative
Cressida Leyshon,
New Yorker,
21 June 2026
Owing either to marketing efforts or issues that can only be determined in a therapy session, the signature hits of the Canadian child star’s adult career have boasted choruses as interrogatives.
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Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
17 Aug. 2017
Mark Rozzo,
Vanity Fair,
12 June 2026
That single shift, from declarative to interrogative, forces the employee to do the thinking.
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Mark Murphy,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2026
The statues felt interrogative, like something or someone was already disappointed in me.
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Maya Ibbitson,
Architectural Digest,
12 Sep. 2024
Her interrogative installations use collage, painting and light to create off kilter realities laced with social commentary.
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Briana Miller,
oregonlive,
8 Sep. 2023
These law enforcement officers had been trained in all the interrogative techniques that are utilized to elicit a confession.
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Eric Fleischauer The Decatur Daily,
al,
2 Dec. 2022
Other interrogative terms typically solicit specific information.
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Seyward Darby,
Longreads,
17 Aug. 2022
Here are nine animating, searching, and interrogative titles with which to start.
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Talya Zax,
The Atlantic,
26 June 2022
Noun
Up to this point, the narrator’s been an interrogative, at times combative presence.
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Cressida Leyshon,
New Yorker,
21 June 2026
Owing either to marketing efforts or issues that can only be determined in a therapy session, the signature hits of the Canadian child star’s adult career have boasted choruses as interrogatives.
—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
17 Aug. 2017
Adjective
Hockney’s paintings and drawings, as well as his later photo collages and digital works, invariably had a playful, exploratory, interrogative relationship with perspective, light, scale, framing, rendering—the basic components of picture-making.
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Mark Rozzo,
Vanity Fair,
12 June 2026
That single shift, from declarative to interrogative, forces the employee to do the thinking.
—
Mark Murphy,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2026
The statues felt interrogative, like something or someone was already disappointed in me.
—
Maya Ibbitson,
Architectural Digest,
12 Sep. 2024
Her interrogative installations use collage, painting and light to create off kilter realities laced with social commentary.
—
Briana Miller,
oregonlive,
8 Sep. 2023
These law enforcement officers had been trained in all the interrogative techniques that are utilized to elicit a confession.
—
Eric Fleischauer The Decatur Daily,
al,
2 Dec. 2022
Other interrogative terms typically solicit specific information.
—
Seyward Darby,
Longreads,
17 Aug. 2022
Here are nine animating, searching, and interrogative titles with which to start.
—
Talya Zax,
The Atlantic,
26 June 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interrogative
Noun
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By simply looking at the exam paper, the glasses could transmit questions to a connected AI large language models, which generated answers and displayed them on the lenses.
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Gina Martinez, chair of the executive board of the Wilmington Neighborhood Council, said the land in question provides a vital buffer between port activity and residential communities.
Adjective
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Dozens of media outlets, from international agencies to local TV stations to true crime podcasters, were inside the Lexington County courthouse to again chronicle every forehead rub and quizzical look from the once rich and imposing Southern lawyer.
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By widening the lens, Clark is able to redirect the book’s gaze from the mother toward a quizzical, sometimes critical, but not unaffectionate portrait of two generations of political activism, with the attendant self-involvement and domestic negligence.
Adjective
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Drawing on inquisitorial records, Ginzburg showed how power and resistance are embedded in the same documents, using small-scale cases to illuminate broader tensions between elite and popular culture, and between authority and dissent.
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Universities and research institutions face inquisitorial scrutiny.
Adjective
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Even Karp’s more intelligible arguments are quickly trampled over as additional intrusive thoughts took the wheel.
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Before being diagnosed with OCD in the spring of 2024, Lederer had spent years believing many of her intrusive thoughts were uniquely hers.
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“Interrogative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interrogative. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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