whence

Example Sentences

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He is one of the most prominent of the next generation of tabla players poised to take the next step for their instrument, begging the question of whence tabla.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025

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

From Slate • Mar. 28, 2024

Colorado is believed to be particularly vulnerable to a defection back to the conference from whence it came to the Pac-12 in 2011.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 20, 2023

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

From New York Times • May 24, 2023

Continuing then to pursue his walk in silence, I ventured to recall him to the point whence he had abruptly diverged—

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë