Example sentences for: wherefore

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

  • The King James Bible, which contains many such archaisms, has preserved them for modern English; wherefore more commonly appears in the tautology whys and wherefores .

  • 'Tis certain there's not a boy left alive; and the cowardly rascals that ran from the battle ha' done this slaughter: besides, they have burn'd and carried away all that was in the king's tent; wherefore the king, most worthily, hath caused every soldier to cut his prisoner's throat.

  • But these words are archaisms, obsolete words that are used for special effect or other reasons, as in popular quotations, like wherefore in “Wherefore art thou, Romeo?


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