whereon
Example Sentences
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“The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails, whereon my soul is grooved to run,” declared the self-destructive Captain Ahab, concerning his pursuit of Moby Dick.
From Washington Post • Sep. 22, 2020
In this room you encounter a large stove covered with boards . . . whereon sits almost all year round, the entire family.
From Time Magazine Archive
They have ignored the spirituality behind the sublime cry of Job; they have remembered only the dung heap whereon Job lay.
From Time Magazine Archive
A yellowish nursery by Eugene Schoen of Manhattan has walls whereon tots may scribble, housemaids erase.
From Time Magazine Archive
He threw his great hands round Arete’s knees, whereon the sacred mist curled back; they saw him; and the diners hushed amazed to see an unknown man inside the palace.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
