whence
Example Sentences
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The radio and TV stations whence come the music and the news could get even more anonymized: Many cars are coming off the assembly line missing that democratizing medium of the 20th century, AM radio.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2024
You may be wondering just whence that staggering valuation arises, then.
From Slate • Mar. 28, 2024
Downes suspects Bruiser’s ilk made their way back east into the North Cascades from whence they hail.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 7, 2023
Venice “sinks, like a seaweed, into whence she rose,” the Romantic poet Lord Byron wrote.
From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2023
The three murmured agreement and looked heavenward, as did Father, whence they felt the decision must come.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
