why and wherefore
Example Sentences
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The musicians, especially but not exclusively Jerry Garcia, whose death in 1995 only technically ended the Dead, prove remarkably articulate about the why and wherefore of their music and the group mind that created it.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 26, 2024
In addition to gleaning the why and wherefore behind America’s foundational document, teenage listeners will meet up with the Declaration of Independence and a roster of seminal Supreme Court decisions.
From New York Times • May 28, 2018
The program attempts to outline the why and wherefore of moon shots, deep space probes, weather satellites and astronauts.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Deed war it,” answered Win, but without thinking it strange; her woman’s instinct told her the why and wherefore of Captain Trevor’s kindness.
From No Quarter! by Reid, Mayne
This illustrates again the health instincts of boys which they seek to obey without knowing the why and wherefore of the feeling that impels them to bathe often.
From Revisiting the Earth by Hill, James Langdon
