whither

Example Sentences

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If it’s “outsourcing” to rely on public resources for law enforcement, then whither public transit and schools?

From Seattle Times

This group is also subject to the dreaded clematis wilt, a fungal disease that causes vines to summarily whither.

From Seattle Times

And whither the venerable conservative economic institutions like the Chamber of Commerce and the Club for Growth?

From Salon

“Whither is fled the visionary gleam?/ Where is it now, the glory and the dream?”

From Washington Post

“Whither thou goest, I will go. And where thou lodgest, I will lodge: Thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God, even to the end.”

From New York Times