Example sentences for: whence

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

  • She must prove that she is worthy of her position—that she is as good, if not better, than her “white” peers—yet she must always be “remembering from whence she 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.

  • Culturebox is an avowed fan of the great American huckster tradition, whence Modern Library stems.

  • It seems silly to separate Gruyère the cheese from Gruyère the place in Switzerland whence it comes— indeed, the latter is not even an entry in the geographical sections of either dictionary.

  • (The undercarriage was also called the gear , whence landing gear .)


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