How to Use rhetorical question in a Sentence

rhetorical question

noun
  • That was one rhetorical question.
    Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 31 Jan. 2026
  • That was a rhetorical question.
    Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 18 June 2026
  • That was a rhetorical question because the answer is yes.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2026
  • The answer to her rhetorical question is layered.
    Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
  • This, thankfully, doesn’t have to be a rhetorical question, and the answer starts at just $9.
    Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 22 Jan. 2026
  • This, thankfully, doesn’t have to be a rhetorical question, and the answer starts at just $7.
    Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 12 Apr. 2026
  • This, thankfully, doesn’t have to be a rhetorical question, and the answer starts at just $9.
    Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 30 May 2026
  • As Simon Johnston wrote here, this is not a rhetorical question.
    Oliver Kay, New York Times, 22 May 2026
  • That prompted Lanza to ask a rhetorical question.
    Debra Utacia Krol, AZCentral.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Dick asks, which is not exactly a rhetorical question to anyone who has read or seen The Shining.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 15 Dec. 2025
  • Moroney is doing so well in just about every possible public regard at the moment, that can only count as a rhetorical question.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Winsome Earle-Sears asked a telling rhetorical question on Monday at a press event in front of Virginia’s state Capitol.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Jerar Encarnacion might be the next best fit if right field becomes a platoon, but (this is either a rhetorical question or a sanity test) would the Giants really feel comfortable rolling out a defensive outfield of Heliot Ramos, Jung Hoo Lee and Encarnacion?
    Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026

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