wherewith

Example Sentences

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Cruz aspires to obtain her PhD in neuroscience, wherewith to study Alzheimer's and neurodegenerative diseases, but her undocumented status causes a lot of uncertainty.

From Scientific American • Dec. 12, 2018

I presented them with some red caps, and strings of glass beads to wear upon the neck, and many other trifles of small value, wherewith they were much delighted, and became wonderfully attached to us.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

The sneer at old-fashionedness, or perhaps lack of the wherewith, in the advertisement of Hartmann trunks brings out in me a strongly antagonistic reaction.

From Time Magazine Archive

At the urgent behest of Messrs. Stettinius & Knudsen, the House last week was asked to appropriate $25,000,000 for a new TVA dam, wherewith to supply the Aluminum Co. of America with critically needed power.

From Time Magazine Archive

The words conveyed none of the old merry, lighthearted confidence wherewith the young Count had been wont to boast of his happy star.

From Fickle Fortune by Elisabeth Burstenbinder (AKA E. Werner)