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
I must say I felt greatly interested to learn why and wherefore Antomarchi elected to pass the last years of his life in Santiago de Cuba.
From Cuba Past and Present by Davey, Richard
Oh, to be able to travel about alone, to stay at an inn, to go from one part of England to another, with no one to ask the why and wherefore of your actions!
From The Tree of Knowledge A Novel by Reynolds, Mrs. Baillie
