from what place
Example Sentences
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‘From whence does the Son come, From where and from what place?’
From Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series by Sidgwick, Frank
At last when the guest had satisfied his hunger, the host asked him from what place he had come and to what spot he meant to journey when the storm was over.
From The New Land Stories of Jews Who Had a Part in the Making of Our Country by Levinger, Elma Ehrlich
The tent and the carpet were extended on the same hill; the lackeys boasted of their master’s magnificence: but none knew from what place these new valuables had come.
From Peter Schlemihl by Bowring, John
The children came to look at us, and the old women asked us from what place we came, and what our business was before we left home.
From The Conscript A Story of the French war of 1813 by Erckmann-Chatrian
Adverbs are chiefly used to express in one word what would otherwise require two or more words; thus, There signifies in that place; whence, from what place; usefully, in a useful manner.
From How to Speak and Write Correctly by Devlin, Joseph
