Sentence examples for question cut from inspiring English sources

Whether Barnes would eventually have broken with Lincoln, too, was a question cut short by his death.

Although the answer I gave was very straightforward, the question cut to the core of one of the quandaries we face in development today.

She introduced me to her security team — Mr. So-and-So, this is Mr. So-and-So — and she would throw up that filter of formality throughout our lunch if a question cut a little too close.

How will we stay if we have nothing to eat or no fuel for a fire?" His question cut to the heart of a growing sense of disappointment in Afghanistan: that the outside world has yet to deliver fully on the promises made after the collapse of the Taliban.

If you opt for the first choice, but still have trouble resolving the question, cut your losses and scrap it.

His question cut to the bone.

For the barrel makers, the question cuts closer to home.

"Where's the work?" That last question cuts across all languages and national identities to dominate the cab-cell discourse.

(Justice Alito, predictably, brought up the supposed polygamy slippery slope, without recognizing that the question cuts both ways).

The question cuts to the heart of the debate that is raging over child benefits cuts, which, critics argue, hit stay-at-home mums.

The mayor is peeved when he doesn't get his way, even venting privately when docile aldermen have the audacity to question cuts for libraries.