whence

Example Sentences

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After that, whence music, a protester might ask.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2024

Grizzly populations only just recovered whence they came, now leave them alone.

From Seattle Times • May 17, 2024

You may be wondering just whence that staggering valuation arises, then.

From Slate • Mar. 28, 2024

Venice “sinks, like a seaweed, into whence she rose,” the Romantic poet Lord Byron wrote.

From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2023

Cluny’s tail fell from his grasp as both victors and vanquished turned towards the Abbey whence the voice had issued.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques