Example sentences for: whence

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

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

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


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