whereat

Example Sentences

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She never alluded to a certain person, but she thought of him a good deal, dreamed dreams more than ever, and once Jo, rummaging her sister’s desk for stamps, found a bit of paper scribbled over with the words, ‘Mrs. John Brooke’, whereat she groaned tragically and cast it into the fire, feeling that Laurie’s prank had hastened the evil day for her.

From Literature

“But you? It is for you that I fear!” whereat she laughed—a laugh, low and unreal, and said:—

From Literature

Whereat she collapsed on the bed and went to crying.

From Literature

What is this Cabinet meeting whereat thou didst make the men to go about and sign their names in blood in thy book?

From Washington Post

WhereAt the Griffin, where the sounds of the Miles Kennedy Quintet and the opulent, faux 19th-century gilded, antique-mirrored décor set the scene.

From New York Times