How to Use question in a Sentence

question

1 of 2 noun
  • The essay questions on the test were easy.
  • Are there any more questions?
  • The key question in solving the mystery is, how did the murderer enter the house?
  • I don't understand the question.
  • The question arose as to who would be responsible for caring for our grandmother.
  • I expected him to ask where I worked, but the question never came up.
  • Can I ask you a personal question?
  • In answer to your question, our next meeting will be on Friday.
  • The exam included several questions on current events.
  • There are 10 multiple-choice questions on the exam.
  • Ask us your top-of-mind questions.
    Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 31 May 2026
  • Ask us your top-of-mind questions.
    Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 10 May 2026
  • Ask us your top-of-mind questions.
    Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 3 May 2026
  • Ask us your top-of-mind questions.
    Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 26 Apr. 2026
  • That’s the wrong question to ask.
    Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 22 June 2026
  • The question is not whether cities should act.
    Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2026
  • The question is how best to use that siren.
    Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Oh, that’s a very hard question.
    Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 21 June 2026
  • Well, one of the many questions.
    Sam McDowell 21, Kansas City Star, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Sure, fine, yes to both of those questions.
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
  • There’s no question about that.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 26 Apr. 2026
  • The question, of course, is what’s next?
    Jackie Charniga, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
  • No one’s framed any questions like this to me, man.
    Selome Hailu, Variety, 21 Feb. 2026
  • That, of course, begs the question, how?
    Marcia Kramer, CBS News, 17 May 2026
  • That leads back to the question of who will buy the coal.
    Jordan Blum, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Don’t know what kinds of questions to ask, or even where to start?
    Zoë Hecht, Women's Health, 7 June 2023
  • The question now can Democrats win them back.
    ABC News, 24 May 2026
  • The only question is how to do it.
    ABC News, 14 Feb. 2026
  • The film began with a question rather than a plot.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 14 Feb. 2026
  • The question is not how to engage her.
    Charles Edward Gehrke, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2026

question

2 of 2 verb
  • The lawyer questioned the truth of the witness's statement.
  • The witness was questioned by the defense.
  • He began to question his ability to do the job.
  • He began to question whether the things she had said were really true.
  • I could tell that she was questioning my decision.
  • I trusted him and I never questioned what he told me.
  • The reporter questioned her at length on her life as the First Lady.
  • But the court has questioned these costs.
    Rafael Carranza, ProPublica, 25 June 2026
  • Roles that no one should even question the minute the name comes up.
    Rishikesh Rajagopalan, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2023
  • But even at the time, some questioned the data.
    Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Give them the skills to use it and the judgment to question it.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Some questioned the timing above all else.
    Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2026
  • None of us questioned this logic.
    Danielle Dorsey, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026
  • Most clients never question it.
    Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 7 May 2026
  • Miguez, who was then 25 years old, was detained and questioned.
    Michael Scherer, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Nobody can question the Avs’ drive.
    Troy Renck, Denver Post, 11 June 2026
  • But his leadership has been questioned at times.
    Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Love in the Time of Cholera questions the virtue of patience.
    Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
  • No one is questioning this power and no one is standing up.
    Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026
  • That caused Rivers to question what Green was talking about.
    Zach Harper, New York Times, 7 May 2026
  • Le says the judge questioned her integrity.
    Esme Murphy, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
  • People will no longer question if Conte was firm but fair.
    Jay Harris, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The police force did not name the suspect but said he was being questioned.
    Peter D'abrosca , Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2026
  • But critics question whether the new plan goes further than the law allows.
    Collin Binkley, Fortune, 12 July 2023
  • More like took their soul and made the hockey world question their strategy and pride.
    Troy Renck, Denver Post, 11 June 2026
  • One viral clip saw Cardi questioned over her hair.
    Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Pasaribu said that police will question those who joined the hikers up the mountain.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2026
  • The driver was being questioned and has not been charged at this time, police said.
    Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 1 May 2026
  • The reshoots have even made some cinephiles question the honesty of their favorite critics.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Popovic questioned the decision to let the score count, after the game.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 20 June 2026

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