How To Use Question In A Sentence

Consumers get incredibly upset when dieticians and researchers backtrack on previous findings, proclaiming that products once deemed healthy are now in question.
The question, which has been eating at Matthews for several years, is gnawing on him a couple of hours later as he decompresses at a party at Spago in Beverly Hills.
Canadians were unhappy with so-called intrusive questions, the aggravation of filling it out and even a few were convinced the census was part of a government plot, according to Thestar.com - Home Page
OK, the steering is a little foggy, but the wheel unquestionably feels pleasant under the fingers. Times, Sunday Times
Second, that the entire Reichstag assented to the declarations made by the speakers on Tuesday that the Emperor had exceeded his constitutional prerogatives in private discussion with foreigners concerning Germany's attitude on controverted questions. New York Times Current History: The European War from the Beginning to March 1915, Vol 1, No. 2 Who Began the War, and Why?

Of course, Whitty himself ain’t exactly a peach; he loves him some torture, and buries knives in bellies with minimal provocation; when it comes to witch-hunting, he’s of the “burn her alive now, ask questions … well, don’t really bother asking questions, it’s just so damn fun to burn people, let’s do it some more!” school. Cry of the Banshee « Skid Roche
We do not allow people a second try on a second question when they have so absurdly got it right the first time round.
The pursuit of such metaphysical questions is just a high-minded distraction from the more pressing issue of confronting the dilemma of one's existence here and now.
Adolescence causes the four girls to understand their apartness and question their identities.
Even I, a tolerant representative of the Middle Way, found myself blinking at this unquestionably Romish style of adornment. ABSOLUTE TRUTHS
He made the declarations while responding to reporters' questions on the bilateral debt forgiveness agreement during yesterday's post-Cabinet news conference at Whitehall.
But that previous column leads one to question whether a session bean is necessary at all, introducing the possibility of using entity beans and their Home methods instead of session beans.
But they may still serve a basis for some generalisation when the issue of ‘partnership’ is brought into question.
This question cries out for an answer
The answer would be significantly different to the one given in response to the Department's loaded question.
Very wealthy people don't like to be questioned about whether they can support a cheque. Times, Sunday Times
With this evidence at hand, one might question whether the three disjunct populations warrant classification as species rather than subspecies.
No one questions her fitness for the job.
The question was tinged with a touch of sarcasm that made her embarrassed flush renew its bright shade and caused her to clench her fists.
A similar attempt at reconciling Absolute Idealism and monadism had been made by Lotze, and in both cases it remains an open question whether this is not pre-established harmony in disguise. Francis Herbert Bradley
We never answer questions about special forces, but do not take that as an answer indicating an affirmative.
I wasn't sure if this was a rhetorical question or not.
What is the etiquette when the eyes in question are big, and brown, and fringed with generous dark lashes?
His interest in public affairs, especially in social questions, was keener.
There is no question about it; the police force was undercapitalised.
Ballmer was asked the classic teaser question: what he would have done differently.
Its purpose is to gather sufficient information to answer questions about magma chambers in oceanic crust.
This prompted the question that he explored through a compelling narrative. Times, Sunday Times
To our no small surprise, very soon after this quietus had been given to bibliomaniacal hopes, the books in question appeared before us in excellent condition. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865
Nowhere was this ambiguity more apparent than concerning the question of sovereignty.
The question is how long the chartists will stay bullish on the dollar.
The established idea that granitoid magmas ascend through the continental crust as diapirs is being increasingly questioned by igneous and structural geologists.
You must get a minimum of 60 questions right to pass the examination.
The star in question, KIC 05807616, has a rather interesting description: "a seemingly isolated pulsating hot B subdwarf. Ars Technica
Love for others, concern for justice and the poor are not so much a question of social morals as the expression of a sacramental conception of Christian morality because, through priestly ministry, the spiritual sacrifice of all the faithful is accomplished, in union with the sacrifice of Christ, the only mediator. Pope on the Essential Elements of Priestly Ministry
They can also question peers and learn how asking for and giving assistance to one another are keystones to academic success.
Several questions ran through our heads as we made our way past the numerous coffee shops and bundled up against the swirling winds the port city is known for.
The urn as unravished bride proleptically contains its ravishment as a natural outcome in the ritual of weddings that parallels the consummation of questions asked. Deforming Keat's 'Ode on a Grecian Urn'
Ask some hypothetical questions, shy of detail. Times, Sunday Times
I want to see Randy answer this question: 1. Accepting arguendo that mandating a person to buy health insurance is not regulation of commerce, there is no question that the rest of the bill is regulating the interstate market in health insurance*. The Volokh Conspiracy » A Quick Response to Randy on the Use of “Unprecedented”
His arrival clearly puts a huge question mark against the future of the present team captain.
The discussion then went off on a tangent, to the question of how many spheres of equal size could rotate around a central ball of the same size.
Make a note of the questions you want to ask. You will invariably forget some of them otherwise.
More than one modern historian has enjoyed wrestling with the question: was Charles the Bald really bald?
The questionnaire is to test customer reaction to the new store design.
So far we can answer this question only for membership on the review and appeals board. MANAGEMENT: task, responsibilities, practices
The present answer to that question is that a company's mind is the mind of its senior officers.
How that rule would apply to those currently incarcerated is unclear, but in any event, the benefits of this ethically questionable legislation would arguably be minimal. News Item
Moreover, for logistics companies there are considerable long-term questions over the economic and environmental sustainability of home delivery. Times, Sunday Times
The final question addressed was the need to institute a sensible programme for tourism.
I pose a question, one that bestirs itself to haunt me in a tuneful way each Christmas, and so I pass my quizzical spirit of Christmas past along to you … Did you “hang a shining star upon the highest bough” or merely “muddle through somehow” this Christmas season? Go ahead, hang a shining star upon the highest bough and... you know...
She was stumped by a question that asked her to construct a triangle with given angles and sides. Times, Sunday Times
The note in question is a Japanese 1,000 yen bill that was probably a prototype of a new high-tech banknote.
She questioned the authenticity of the contracts the two fighters signed, saying that one alleged he was forced to sign a blank contract.
Petrocelli Monday afternoon began an aggressive cross-examination after Simpson finished five hours of gentle questioning by his own lawyer Friday and Monday.
The book is a sustained diatribe questioning Churchill's actions from the early 1930s through 1941.
PERRY: There's no question about it, parents who are comfortable with a child who gets a C or D, parents who are comfortable dropping their child off at a school that they no is ragged -- they have watched that school undereducate a generation or two -- parents who are willing to go down and fuss and fight when their child doesn't play on the basketball team, but are unwilling to go down and fight the same way when that child is not being served in -- in the classroom. CNN Transcript Oct 1, 2009
The biographer must always be doubted, cross-questioned, read between the lines.
And such like questions, worthy of being lucubrated upon by great minds only. Odd Leaves from the Life of a Louisiana "Swamp Doctor"
He knows that his collaboration in both wartime and personal events is morally questionable, and acknowledges this.
This stage of experiment should focus and direct inquiry by providing some answers to old questions and suggesting some new questions.
Where we find questionable practices in sales or complaint handling, firms can expect that we will take action. Times, Sunday Times
The weather forecast has put a question mark against the chance of doing any gliding tomorrow.
The questions were evidently unexpected to the slow-witted spokesman, who instantly found himself tongue-tied.
In an exclusive interview with NEWSWEEK this week, Karrubi called Khatami a weak politician and said his allies were extremists "who questioned the Islamic component of the Islamic Republic. Fighting for Moderation
Hard graft and study of the score allowed him to master a wide repertoire without nationality kinships questioning his ability to conduct music from all periods.
But you are sure to rub lots of people the wrong way by asking such questions.
He sent a circular letter to numerous legal practices in Scotland, asking various questions about the firms' knowledge of him.
Let me start by saying sorry if this has been posted elsewhere, but I couldn't find it in the sticky and I'm not sure how to search whole questions.
I believed that there was such a question and that it was up to us, students of the poem, to formulate it. The Empty Family
Given that the blogger in question goes by the nickname Polycarp, it will be obvious how many potentially striking church history-related headlines I had to pass up... The Church Of Jesus Christ Has Begun Considering The Only True God
The only time I have done them is for older teenagers with congenitally missing back teeth (with the baby tooth still there at that age) whose only cosmetic option is the porcelain fused to metal crown (those run around $800 or more each) and usually necessitates a pulpal treatment as well due to the small tooth size, and these crowns having a questionable prognosis in baby teeth. White Crowns For Baby Teeth
In response to a question from Séamus Cosaí Fitzgerald the harbour master, Brian Farrell, said that the proposed charges were in line with current fees in other ports.
The balance of the population and land and environmental disruption question that population growth cause facilitate the formulation of appropriate thoughts of people.
This conundrum poses two questions: First: does collective stupidity actually have a bottom limit or is it some kind of great cosmic suckhole from which reason and common sense simply cannot escape? The End-of-the-World Survival Kit
But as to your question, 3f or 4f black powder will easily ignite from a spark. Would putting smokeless gun powder in a water proof match container make good fire starter.
In my judgment, grave though the libel is, and grave though the aggravation has been, the answer to that question is decisively no.
Journalists in Shropshire are threatening to ballot for industrial action claiming managers are refusing to answer their questions about job cuts. Strike threat at the Shropshire Star
No question about it, label hopping kills most bands.
My thoughts wandered from the exam questions to my interview the next day.
One of those questioned was reported to have been on the staff of the Hamburg police force, where he was employed as an archivist.
The truth is we'll never know for sure who would have been better, but the simple fact that party leaders are unwilling to allow its voters to hash these questions out for themselves is troubling.
My family has not forgiven me yet, but perhaps if I make these, that will smooth things over! why so much baking soda? browning effect? because there's not that much molasses (acid). and it's only 4 cups flour. somebody enlighten me! oh and for your molasses question - depends if you want the stronger molasses flavor. robust is probably what is more commonly referred to as blackstrap molasses. the light stuff I think tastes too light for something like a ginger cookie, I think. and given there's only 1/2C of molasses in this recipe to go along with 2 C of regular sugar, I'd def say go for the robust. Jeremy Zawodny's linkblog
It may have been the biting cold wind that concentrated minds on my questions, but contrary to what opinion surveys are finding, almost nobody owned up to being a don't know or no-show.
He has certainly beached Smith on the trade union question.
The advance could transform the lives of amputees, but also raises questions about potential future applications of the technology, which could include human enhancement. Times, Sunday Times
My question is, I'm wondering if you support stem-cell research in hopes that they may produce new limbs for amputees.
Liadan questions her boyfriend as she shifts the picture around the page of her scrapbook.
Two stories this week will have prompted the same question. Times, Sunday Times
Questions involving the environment are particularly prone to uncertainty.
To answer the 300-odd posers on the questionnaire without then being persuaded to sign up for the religion was an essential rite-of-passage for any spotty adolescent struggling to find their own voice.
Where the questions of religion are concerned people are guilty of every possible kind of insincerity and intellectual misdemeanor. Sigmund Freud
They have been questioned on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud, money laundering and fraud by misrepresentation. Times, Sunday Times
Last night, she again dodged a question about Social Security solvency and began a canard about tax cuts instead. Sound Politics: Post Debate and Beyond
Rather, he appears to have seen it as an organon for the acquisition of knowledge from unquestionable first principles; in addition he wanted to use it in order to help make clear the epistemic foundations on which our knowledge rests. Saving Prostitutes in Sevilla
It also questioned the fairness of two-tier charging structures in some schemes in which members ceasing to make new contributions were charged higher fees than active members. Times, Sunday Times
If you have a question, or if you think you may have found a bug but are not sure, first try asking on the #ubuntu IRC channel on FreeNode, on the Ubuntu Ideal Absolutes
I'd digitally greet him, applaud him, shake his hand, give him daps, but there's a flaw within the fine print, a question i got to ask— A poetic response
What we should not do is suppress dissent, close off argument and condemn those who question the standard line as heretics.
Nor were the escorts there to admonish me for asking a rude question of the partying faithful, or to protect the paying customers from the prying media.
The policeman evaded all the difficult questions.
You are raising a question really about typicality.
Success has come so naturally that the young Italian exudes an innate, unquestioned belief in his own talents.
Would-be apprentices are questioned about their attitude towards foreigners, and they take part in a week-long workshop on tolerance and diversity.
Even within the world of mass-produced culture, it is possible to approach the question of standardization differently.
Small groups allow people to interact, discuss and ask questions, which maximizes integration of learning.
Participants on pay-as-you-go tariffs received £50 worth of phone credit, which they topped up prior to the week of text-message questions.
The cruiser was pulled up below and the cops were questioning an old man with gray hair.
His reluctance to answer my questions made me suspicious .
Like I said. kornbelt888: That, however, does not dispense with the problem of the ultimate ontological question of what is primary, self-existent. Dawkins and ID
The question you have asked is basic to much of modern-day science activity.
Apparently, today's purveyors of pagan religions have sidestepped this question by changing the labels.
We consult to the media about canopy questions, we have a canopy newsletter, we have an email LISTSERV, and so we're trying to disseminate information about the importance of the canopy, the beauty of the canopy, the necessity of intact canopies, to people outside of academia. Nalini Nadkarni on conserving the canopy
This isn't a rhetorical question but one that, again, would help show whether they're applying this rule fairly or arbitrarily.
The question is, can he still hack it live. Well, can he?
Nobody questions the wisdom behind the decision to set up the commission.
The only question in her mind, was how long would it take for everything to work out?
The proposals also raise questions about when employers would be able to force workers to retire. Times, Sunday Times
But when she was questioned later, she said she believed they were referring to the Friday night and not the Saturday night when her friend was glassed.
Unbeknown to you the real motive is to question you in order to undermine your position.
Well I can ask the same question on my knackered old gas cooker.
Rupert was naughty in that he voted undirected proxies and he didn't answer the question when Crikey asked that he not do this given that he had a conflict of interest and wasn't voting his own stake.
The Sixties versus the Eighties, in fact. The question is - does it work?
In 1999 a new question was inserted into the survey: were there ‘too many players of foreign origin in the French football team?’
But these questions are personal and subjective. Times, Sunday Times
So the question then is how much information has the universe processed since the Big Bang?
We were dressed in bizarre costumes and did a talk and then fielded questions.
The Obama team's lack of candor and immediate forthcomingness on this question has already ssured that this story will dominate the news for weeks to come as troubling questions occur to us. Election Central Morning Roundup
He suggested the justices could "begrudgingly" affirm the lower court "on alternative grounds" and take up some of the questions it avoided in its previous ruling. Justices Leery of Bush's Guantanamo Stance
Most notably, it acknowledged the lack of consensus on the "immutability" of sexual orientation - that is, on the question whether it has a biological basis or not - but noted that it was, at the very least, "highly resistant to change. FindLaw Writ - Recent Articles
Then the sage asked his student the question, ‘How is that a huge fig tree could have grown from nothing?’
In effect the accuracy of the vast majority of the series' facts could not be disputed or questioned in any way.
The question of the Labor leadership is a question about Labor's future direction and policy vision for Australia.
At least drinking a herbal brew gets around that age-old question of whether to put the milk in first or last. Times, Sunday Times
Toray users chose theirs for the ultrasonic feature, which, when taken along with the previous question, suggests that the word-of-mouth effect, therefore the quality (or at least the sense of quality) of the cleaning given by their brushes is very high. Why Japanese teeth are often wonky
The instructor passes a question about Maydays onto the commodore, as she has more experience of them than him.
Her unwillingness to answer questions undermined the strength of her position.
Methods This investigation was conducted among 310 medical students using 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire(16PF) and Eysenck Personality Questionnaire(EPQ).
His father, David Ashworth, is wanted for questioning by murder squad detectives but yesterday he was still missing.
Think of questions you would like to ask the interviewer about the job and company. The Sun
Perhaps the question should not be how smart an individual of a species is but how smart our collective brainpower makes us.
+The Story+ of this ballad, simple in itself, introduces to us the elaborate question of the ‘lyke-wake,’ or the practice of watching through the night by the side of a corpse. Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series
Like explanations, questions figure prominently in classroom interactions.
The question here is where shall we go for this data and what data will we need next?
As they ran the risk of losing the advantages they had been given if they went back on their previous statements or retracted their confessions, their statements were open to question.
The question was so unexpected that , for a moment , she was at a loss how to act up properly.
Caterers, designers, arrangers, were parading in and out of the house weekly, making their presentations and answering questions. Olivia
We have to consider the question of where to sleep.
These are mind-boggling questions for a person of normal prudence because in science, colour is simply light of different wavelength.
Victor's authority is appealed to by those who deem the last twelve verses of S. Mark's Gospel spurious, it would of course be inferred that his evidence is hostile to the verses in question; whereas his evidence to their genuineness is the most emphatic and extraordinary on record. The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark Vindicated Against Recent Critical Objectors and Established
As the struggle between the exotic island's warring factions reaches critical mass, further questions emerge from the tangled undergrowth. Times, Sunday Times
The man is unquestionably brilliant as a halakhist. Conservative Jews Grow Restless as D-Day Approaches for Gay Ordination | Jewschool
The question of professional refereeing is an urgent issue that needs immediate attention.
Holiness answers audience questions addressing the situation of Tibet, goal of bodhicitta, nature of enlightened mind, future of the Dalai Lama institution, compatibility of Buddhist practices with theistic faith, universal purpose of human life, practice of patience towards harm-doers, subtle energy and mind, and the Heart Sutra mantra. Nagarjuna's Bodhichitta Commentary
These projects are extremely important, and they raise profound questions regarding appropriate intellectual property policies.
He decides in favour of gold and silver, and shows himself an unquestioning bimetallist. An Essay on Mediaeval Economic Teaching
There had been no angry questions from the academics among his audience.
Order maintenance is clearly a political enterprise, raising questions of definition, equity and accountability.
The only question that is how many will be converted into a golden statue at the ceremony next month. Times, Sunday Times
Does the question of cost figure in your plans?
This is without question the first book to trace the origins of black baseball's institutional development.
The question isn't really whether editors can be granted copyright for their work or not.
At the same time it poses the most fundamental questions about what matters in a performance of a piece of music.
Richard asked suddenly, impelled by the curiosity that drives people to stare at and question the survivors of some calamity.
This net work will show what it ` s viewers want to see African Americans clubbing it up, not in stuffy dances at round tables but in rowdy bars and questionable venues like an after game NBA Allstar Party. Democratic Convention, Yes. Republicans, Not So Much - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
I learned the word dépanneur 'convenience store'; I heard the affricated d and t; I did not notice the tense/lax vowels or the -tu questions; I did notice the contractions (chais &c) and a feature nobody mentioned in the comments, the raising of nasalized vowels: vent sounded almost like vin (with /æ/ as in hat), and vin had a high [e] and sounded diphthongized ([veiN]) -- in fact, one guy said matin so that it struck my ears as [matiN]. Languagehat.com: MONTREAL 2.
In fact the survey question made no mention of shutting out vehicles, nor denying access to a major section of the Desert Park and to the gullies.
Then did they ask a thousand questions of Don Quixote; but he would answer to none of them, and only requested them to give him some meat, and suffer him to sleep, seeing rest was most behooveful for him. The First Part. V. Wherein Is Prosecuted Former Narration of Our Knight’s Misfortunes
I don't think his masculinity is in question.
No matter how interesting normative questions can be, we will stay away from them because our models offer no help in answering these questions. Microeconomics: Price Theory in Practice
Evidently, for many influentials in world music, the art is a question of conquering and ruling the earth, no less.
Philosophy Philosophy deals systematically with questions that every reflective person asks from time to time.
If any of the two terms of an affirmative categorical is "empty", then the term in question refers to nothing.
Yet, he continues, he questions his party loyalties regularly.
The party's rank and file are beginning to question the prime minister's choice of advisers.
One time, not too long ago, I saw a line of lame dancers unable to participate in class, sitting on the sidelines, questioning when they would return to dance.
_Journey_, and which once led him to question whether there was a tree between Edinburgh and the English border older than himself; and to reply to Boswell's suggestion that he ought to be whipped at every tree over 100 years old in that space, "I believe I might submit to it for a baubee! Dr. Johnson and His Circle
The use of the word Parasceve in the Gospels raises the question concerning the actual day of Our Lord's crucifixion. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip
The researchers were regarded by some people as the police, asking awkward but justifiable questions. Times, Sunday Times
There followed a silence that Nicandra could neither interrupt nor question - they were the Grown-Ups.
All of which begs the question as to whether or not somebody SHOULD make a MMORPG based on the Wheel of Time series, though if they do I look forward to a variety of braid tugging and skirt smoothing emotes along with an "agelessness" slider in the character creation tool. The Ancient Gaming Noob
As such, and as dealing with questions of household consumption, it was a form of activity doubly appropriate for women.
Vulnerability is not weakness, and the uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure we face every day are not optional. Our only choice is a question of engagement. Our willingness to own and engage with our vulnerability determines the depth of our courage and the clarity of our purpose; the level to which we protect ourselves from being vulnerable is a measure of our fear and disconnection. Brene Brown
They wanted me to be a schoolchild and ask basic questions, such as 'What is a medlar?' Bernard Radfar: Texting Librarians
The hardships have been played down and there are only oblique references to the question of whether or not a ransom was paid. Times, Sunday Times
Therefore, saccharorrhea patient wants the reality treatment this question certainly not to want to readily believe some not symbol actual suitable biography.
For several weeks the back of my brain was busy contemplating this daft question, after disassembling the word painstaking in my head. Archive 2006-01-01
He began to write rambling letters about black holes and plagued his mother with unanswerable questions.
It also brought into focus in Arab eyes the apparently unquestioning support given to the latter by the West. A Rock and a Hard Place
Over the course of three and a half days they listened to evidence presented by both sides, and then questioned the witnesses for both defence and prosecution before retiring to consider their verdict.
The question, of course, is whether this quality can be imbued by training. Times, Sunday Times
It is a challenging question without a clear answer, but some tentative suggestions can be attempted. Times, Sunday Times
Concerns about the clinical implications, the cost of routine medication, and the possible excessive wastage resulting from the return of units to the blood bank have led us to question our practice.
With little prompting from the teacher, the students raised and vigorously pursued the following questions.
The questionnaire is to test customer reaction to the new store design.
Let me answer that question directly.
It also falls short of answering nagging questions that continue to persist.
But it is not so clear that this weakening of states increases the possibility of the political independence or autonomy of oppressed nations within them, because the bourgeoisies of the weakened nation-states in question fight back.
In general terms, what we're talking about here is a situation where A and B have a contract or agreement to which C is not a party, whereafter B and C engage in activitity forbidden to B by their contract ot agrement with A, giving rise to the question of whether A has any claim against C. "An act of adultery between the defendant and the spouse of the plaintiff..."
Curiously, while sperm whales unquestionably have teeth, recent molecular data and a reanalysis of their anatomy has suggested that they may be highly derived mysticetes.

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