Example sentences for: whence

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

  • As long ago as the mid 1960s, the phenomenon was conspicuous enough to inspire the title of a comedy series on BBC radio, I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again (whence the title of the current I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue )--the catchphrase adopted by radio presenters as part of their retrieval strategy.

  • The cab of taxicab is from cabriolet , a light passenger cart; and hack is hackney coach , a coach for hire, hackney or hack being a hired horse and by extension anything shoddy and overused, whence hack-word and hackneyed phrases.

  • His very favorites earned, as one would expect, a "1," whence "M-C-1."

  • Anglo-Saxon provided - kin , as in Will-kin and Tom-kin , whence Wilkins and Tompkins ; and - cock , as in Will-cock , whence Wilcox .

  • Welfare mothers are being pushed into the work force, whence they will stagger home each night lacking the energy for romantic exploration.


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