wherefore
Example Sentences
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“The hows and the wherefores can wait, but it’s OK to say that I won that battle … by a story means that I wasn’t expecting.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2026
As in most of Tim and Eric’s sketch humor, there are few whys and wherefores.
From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2020
It takes a while before kids interrogate the whys and wherefores of their family’s dynamics.
From Slate • Feb. 4, 2020
“I felt something new needed to be done to lay down the whys and wherefores of street life, its attractions and distractions.”
From Washington Post • Jun. 14, 2018
"The whys and wherefores cannot come within the Province of a Mineral Surveyor."
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing wherefore
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
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"The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet," Vocabulary from Act 2
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Tolkien Reading Day, List 5
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