whence it came
Example Sentences
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Colorado is believed to be particularly vulnerable to a defection back to the conference from whence it came to the Pac-12 in 2011.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 2023
Does the Idea folder ever go back to whence it came?
From Washington Post ● Jun. 6, 2022
They're a clever touch, but Bravo's subtler choices distinguish "Zola" as a cannily interpretive work evocative of the medium from whence it came.
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2021
“Europeras” — which suggests the phrase “your operas” — amounted to a rejection of European art, returning it whence it came.
From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2018
I can return the second battery to the trailer from whence it came.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
