Example sentences for: whence

How can you use “whence” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • But ah, Siena, you are luckiest in the root and stem whence

  • It is worth while trying to guess whence this expression came.

  • Australian pidgin acquired a second negative, borak , used as an alternative to baal or in a figurative sense for humbug, nonsense, or rubbish, from Wathawurung, whence came also an exclamation merrygig well done and coolie , a derogatory term for a person who partnered an Aboriginal woman.

  • The adjacent Palatine Hill, which was eventually reserved for imperial structures (whence our words palace and palatial ), was derived from the name of Pallas , son of Evander, a Greek who according to epic tradition settled on the site of Rome centuries before its “real” founding.

  • The Chinese words kung fu and wok are currently in vogue in the US, whence they are likely to spread to other English-speaking countries.


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