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In question   /ɪn kwˈɛstʃən/   Listen
In question

adjective
1.
Open to doubt or suspicion.  Synonyms: doubtful, dubious, dubitable.  "He has a dubious record indeed" , "What one found uncertain the other found dubious or downright false" , "It was more than dubitable whether the friend was as influential as she thought"






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"In question" Quotes from Famous Books



... the right of confiscating debts (contended for on the authority of Vattel,)[18] was not recognised by Grotius,[19] and was impugned by Puffendorf and others; and that no instance had occurred of the exercise of the right, (except the ordinance in question,) for upwards of a century. This is undoubtedly the law in England, although it may be doubted if this rule still holds so strongly in the ...
— The Laws Of War, Affecting Commerce And Shipping • H. Byerley Thomson

... caused her tyrant as much remorse as he was capable of feeling. His attachment to the surviving orphan might be partly owing to these circumstances. Quentin, who had learned this point of the leader's character from the old priest, planted himself as close as he could to the youth in question, determined to make him, in some way or other, either a hostage or a protector, should other means of safety ...
— Quentin Durward • Sir Walter Scott

... in question was not on their route after all, and soon they came flying in to the town of Versailles. Of course, they made for the Chateau at once, and alighted from the cars ...
— Patty in Paris • Carolyn Wells

... there will be found an element of sadism. But it will always remain that in the supreme works of art this sadistic element has been overcome and transformed by the pressure upon it of the emotion of love. There exists, however, other instances, when the work of art in question is obviously inferior, in which we are confronted by something much more evil than the mere presence of the sadistic impulse. What I refer to is a very subtle and complicated mood wherein the simple sadistic impulse to derive ...
— The Complex Vision • John Cowper Powys

... to guard it, to the Church of St. Paul's, there to be publicly exhibited, as was customary on such occasions. Such an exhibition was more necessary than usual in this case, as the fact of Henry's death might, perhaps, have afterward been called in question, and designing men might have continued to agitate the country in his name, if there had not been the most positive proof furnished to the public ...
— Margaret of Anjou - Makers of History • Jacob Abbott


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