For what cause do they embitter their own and other people's lives?
For what I desire is to see some of this nobility brought face to face with me in an inspiriting achievement.
Writings of mine, not indeed known as mine (for what am I?
For what is it properly but an Altercation with the Devil, before you begin honestly Fighting him?
Now and then, too, there comes the intolerable thought that so many people here should thank me for what little I can do for them, when all that I have done has been prompted by remorse.
In my indolent self-sufficiency I was in a very fair way to become a fool, for what is a fool but a man who fails to justify the excellent opinion which he has formed of himself?
So advancing most gingerly, I turned down the kaross from over the head of the sleeping woman, much wondering whom I should see, for what man is there that a veiled woman does not interest?
That is all I know, except that some hours later I was awakened from sleep and put into the litter where I went to sleep again, for what I had gone through tired me very much.
As for what I do here, did not the King send for me by Goza, and was I not brought like a baby in a blanket.
Not for what you have been so much, as for whatwe fear you will be.
Being under parole to Master Stickles, I only went out betwixt certain hours; because I was accounted as liable to be called upon; for what purpose I knew not, but hoped it might be a good one.
O ye stanch Swiss, ye gallant gentlemen in black, for what a cause are ye to spend and be spent!
Meanwhile, the rest of Paris, with more or less unconcern, may mind the rest of its business: for what is this but an effervescence, of which there are now so many?
Fear not Sansculottism; recognise it for what it is, the portentous, inevitable end of much, the miraculous beginning of much.
For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?
For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?
I have known few men who cared less for money than did my brother, and I have known few who cared morefor what it could buy for his friends and for himself.
I have just had to stop writing this, for what when I get back to New York will seem a perfectly good reason for interrupting a letter to even you.
For what he made he worked extremely hard, but the reputation and the spending of the money that this same hard work brought him caused him infinite happiness.
These people are paid very wellfor what they do and they know they are protected.
Let us get all of the prior information out into the open and let's honestly label it for what it is--secondhand information.
The rest of the class is kicking in to make up for what we lose in wages by attending the hearing.
As for what I said of leaving the service of the family, it was spoken with the tongue only; and you may set your mind at rest.
And here we had a proof of our victory, and the strongest instance yet of my lord's incredible indulgence; for what must he do but interfere to save his favourite from exposure!
Beyond the amount of your caution, you may not be worth a farthing, for what I know.
The devil may come of it for what I care," says the reckless fellow.
For what remains, And how with sure success to crown thy pains, With patience next attend.
For what remains, your godhead I implore, And trust my son to your protecting pow'r.
For what, without thy knowledge and avow, Nay more, thy dictate, durst Juturna do?
If she knew it, she would at once attribute my broken health to anxiety about the Diamond, and would reproach herself bitterly, poor child, for whatis in no sense her fault.
If such be his quality, I will pray your company in another chamber, honest Mike, for what I have to say to thee is for thy private ear.
It did last, however, for what seemed an interminable time, although any one could see that the sky was getting kindlier.
Many an earnest prayer did I breathe that the chain would prove staunch, for what sort of a job it would be to go after that whale during the night, should he break loose, I could only faintly imagine.
For what seemed a period of about twenty minutes we dodged him as he made the ugliest rushes at us.
Come, mourn with me for what I do lament, And put on sullen black incontinent.
Let's choose executors and talk of wills; And yet not so-for what can we bequeath Save our deposed bodies to the ground?
Their wistfulness I had never realized at the time; but now I did; and I saw it for what it seemed always to have been, the soft, sad, yearning look of one fated to die young.
Not stern enough, however; for what I did not realize was my weak and nervous state, in which a glass would have the same effect on me as three or four upon a healthy man.
It was no common burglar's work, for what had I worth stealing?
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "for what" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
