whence

Example Sentences

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Grizzly populations only just recovered whence they came, now leave them alone.

From Seattle Times • May 17, 2024

You may be wondering just whence that staggering valuation arises, then.

From Slate • Mar. 28, 2024

He sensibly didn’t advertise here, where people might actually know the terrain, but in the East and in Europe, whence no one could eyeball the merchandise.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2023

“From whence came this woman’s strategic political genius?”

From New York Times • May 24, 2023

The mob already had stopped and was drifting back from whence it came.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes