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Example sentences for "did not know whether"

  • He did not know whether or not it was good.

  • It was the first written communication he had ever received from her and so he did not know whether or not the brevity was habitual or was intended to convey a rebuke.

  • He did not know whether or not Vonnie realized that she and Maria were different.

  • In the twelfth century, before literature had begun to blossom in the modern speech of France or Spain or Italy, there was a flourishing literature in prose and verse in Iceland.

  • The land is elevated," he says, "with many mountains and peaks .

  • He did not know whether it was late or early.

  • I told you I did not know whether I should be here long.

  • Levin longed to say something to her, but he did not know whether it was all over.

  • They stopped, but I did not know whether at a distance of twenty or fifty yards.

  • One afternoon we arrived at a stream where we resolved to pass the night, as we did not know whether we should find water farther on.

  • He did not know whether it struck the gentleman in the same way, but he would agree it was improper to pass a censure upon the House.

  • He did not know whether to-day, to-morrow, or at what time in particular; but in fact the money was needed.

  • I did not know whether I liked or disliked him, but I had often experienced a sort of thrilling sensation when he happened to pass by or touch me, or even when he mentioned my name, which had occurred only once since I knew him.

  • I had affairs with all sorts of men, many of whom I did not know whether I liked or hated--seeking always excitement, oblivion.

  • So I did not know whether to go into the game entirely or keep out of it.

  • He did not know whether he was a good man or not.

  • He did not know whether he was kind or cruel.

  • They were the first tears that he had seen her cry in these weeks, and he did not know whether it was good or bad.

  • He did not know whether, if the jurisdiction was retained, it would not be proper to indulge the citizens with a territorial legislature.

  • He wished to know the origin of the matter; he did not know whether it had originated in a memorial, or whether it came from the humanity of some patriotic member, unsolicited.

  • The principle on which the doubt arose must be so very nice, so abstract, that he did not know whether he was capable of comprehending it.

  • The original motion he was ready to have voted for; he did not know whether he might not vote for this.

  • He did not know whether he had a great respect for her, but he knew that he had a great respect for her mind.

  • When her prayer was finished she did not know whether it had been heard, whether, if it had been heard, it had been accepted and would be granted.

  • He did not know whether she, in a similar mysterious way, found him in all that she enjoyed.

  • I did not know whether I ought to believe him, he had deceived me so often!

  • I did not know whether I ought still to be angry with her; I remembered the decidedly brusque way in which she had dismissed me, but in the next moment I remembered all the confidence and friendship she had shown me.

  • He did not know whether it was enough to kill the grain.

  • Once, in Peace river district, on the way from Lake Chipewyan, he found a deposit of red stone; he did not know whether it was ochre or hematite of iron.

  • But he pretended that he did not know whether it could be called an engagement.

  • He did not know whether he learned or unlearned most.

  • He said, after a pause, that he did not know whether he wanted him to come.

  • I felt that my old flame for Therese was rekindled in my heart, and I did not know whether I was glad or sorry at her being married.

  • I did not know whether I had gone too far or not far enough; but what did it matter?

  • I did not know whether I was wounded or not, but at last I got to my inn, and laid down the bloody sword on the counter, under the landlord's nose.

  • This way of living surprised me, for I did not know whether I had a right to complain of it.

  • Levi told me that he had had a shooting match with the two officers, but he did not know whether he had hit either of them or not; they had not hit him, but he had had a very narrow escape.

  • I had not a cent to buy my breakfast, and I did not know whether to enlist in the army or commit suicide.

  • Excuse me, I did not know whether I was with you or Julian.

  • He paced about the room without saying anything, and I did not know whether I might venture to break this incomprehensible silence.

  • I have never spoken to your daughter about religion, because I did not know whether it might be agreeable to her or not, and she never started the subject.

  • I think he did not know whether to be angry, or to laugh.

  • I did not know whether he were angry or not; and I did not greatly care.

  • He said it with a grim kind of geniality, at which I did not know whether to be encouraged or not: I did as he told me, and looked about me with as easy an air as I could muster.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "did not know whether" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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