whither

Example Sentences

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At one point, the metaphysically minded Reuel confesses that he longs to solve the mystery of “the whence and whither” of our earthly existence.

From Washington Post

She didn’t reclaim the title but instead allowed it to whither.

From Washington Post

Brown identified four sources of this tendency in modern America, including "the neoliberal recasting of every social product and distribution as a personal asset or deficit"; the use of identity "as a badge naming one's place in hierarchies of privilege and oppression"; "a broadly felt powerlessness to transform or even touch the major powers organizing us today, hence the move to whither what is close at hand"; and, finally, "social media."

From Salon

Whither Biden's promised ethics reforms?

From Washington Post

“Whither Broadway? I don’t answer the question. Who knows. I don’t really care. That’s the future. Whatever happens will happen.”

From New York Times