hither
Example Sentences
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Then there’s this passage: The king has “sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2026
“He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025
When Santos is sworn in on Capitol Hill next week, it will send a Bat-signal across the land: Come hither, crooks and swindlers, con artists and hustlers all.
From Salon • Dec. 28, 2022
“Masks blow hither and thither,” she added, “and finally come to rest when they hit a patch of water,” grass or sidewalk, where they too often remain.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 16, 2021
Billy now leaned over that parapet, looked down at all the people moving hither and yon.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
