In the exercise of audible perception, the neck is stretched forth, and the ear applied to the quarter from whence the sound appears to issue; the mouth is partly open to conduct the vibrations to the Eustachian tube.
Returning to the valley of the Mohawk, whence they had emigrated to Wyoming, they enlisted into the partisan corps of Johnson and Butler, and waited eagerly for chances of revenge.
The riflemen, after forming and ascending the bank, were met by the British, and compelled to give way in disorder, and return to the beach, from whence they kept up a smart fire under cover of the bank.
In the centre of the jungle was an eminence of considerable height, whence there was a magnificent view of the surrounding country.
This is the source whence Christianity has come; it is man's best become articulate.
And coming into his own country he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works?
Australian bushmen, unable to count above four on their fingers, have been heard discussing in their huts at night whence they came, whither they go, and who the gods are anyway.
How should a merchant have generosity such as this generosity, and whence should he get the like of these monies and jewels, of which but a slight matter is found with the Kings?
Whereupon he looked in her face and knew her by her loathly form and the length of her dog-teeth: so he asked her, "Whence camest thou in to me and who brought thee to this country?
It was his usual resort, from whence he sallied forth on plundering expeditions, and rendered the roads unsafe.
For many years, also, England sent her pederasts to Italy, and especially to Naples, whence originated the term "Il vizio Inglese.
Arabs, whence he presumes that it contains the original (an early?
This would show that the Hellenes preserved a legend of the land whence the Beast-fable arose, and we may accept the fabulist's æra as contemporary with Croesus and Solon (B.
I looked in the direction of his fear--and there was Apache Kid and no other, climbing up from the direction of the bush whence the bird had flown away.
Moreau sold his estate of Gros Bois to Bertlier, and proceeded to Cadiz, whence he embarked for America.
For several days I laboured under a depression of spirits which greatly irritated him, because he clearly saw whence it proceeded.
And whence comest thou, O beauteous vision, with the Aurora Borealis hair?
Where am I, and whence cometh this burning sensation in my liver?
And he took the hired girl by the ear and led her away, and asked her, Whence cometh this unseemly hilarity?
Let it suffice, however, that I strayed away from a Sabbath school picnic at Cheyenne, and have wandered on carelessly for several hundred miles, wotting not whence I wist.
The Moravian Indians at Wyoming, who had taken no part in the massacre of the Connecticut settlers, removed for safety to Gnadenhütten, whence they were taken to Philadelphia for greater security.
K, Washington's camp, whence he marched to surprise the British army at Germantown, and to which he retreated after the battle.
Women with children in their arms were crowded in smoky cabins so low that they could not sit upright, while the younger girls were quartered on the decks, from whence they were driven by the snow and rain.
A series of impassioned gatherings in Boston, and demonstrations not so boisterous in the other colonies, led to the destruction of the tea in Boston harbor, and elsewhere resulted in the transshipment of the tea whence it came.
Place from whence the grenadiers received a very heavy fire.
For this purpose he moved his army to Kingston, whence he could strike at Clinton's line if he attempted to cross the Raritan.
Moreover, father John had taken a severe cold and been kept in bed in his own more sheltered apartment; where he consoled himself with the gardening catalogues he had written for and whence he endeavored to direct their hired man.
Fortunately, the wide walls bordering the square outline of the farm were impassable even to her: and gradually, pursued and pursuer made their way back to that home-field whence the race had started.
He had now a pou sto, whence he could, and did, move the world of human affairs.
Before she even knew from whence it came, Marise cried out on it, in a fury of resentment .
Life had made her into one of the human beings capable of feeling that responsibility, each for all, and the war had driven it home, deep into her heart, whence she could not pluck it out.
He also says that he introduced it into this country, but from whence we are not informed.
The ginkgo was introduced into European gardens in 1754, and there are now many fruiting specimens, especially in France, from whence the nuts have long been secured for planting, by nurserymen and others interested in tree culture.
He drew up in a line all the men who had guns, and at a word of command they fired a volley of balls into the jungle, in the direction whence the sounds issued.
Our travellers had now reached the fountain-head whence the perennial stream of "Black Ivory" flows out of Africa.
Meanwhile Antonio with trembling steps led Harold to a point in the thicket whence he beheld two bright phosphoric-looking objects which his companion said were the lion's eyes, adding that lion's eyes always shone in that way.
But neither to them, for the strange array of presents they offered, nor to Jim himself, for all his gentle coaxing, would the tiny chap vouchsafe the slightest hint of who he was or whence he had come.
It is the sound of their coming, but whence no one knows.
The march was continued to Culloden, from whence a great many, both officers and soldiers, went to Inverness and other places in quest of provisions, which were very much wanted.
At night the enemy being within less than two miles of them, they set sail again, and arrived safely at Ciliestiella, from whence they steered their course towards Loch Boisdale.
We left the hut and marched to a small hill above the wood from whence we could see a great way up Glenkingie and not be discovered.
Accordingly Duncan set out, and in a very short time posted to Amiens, from whence AEneas, etc.
To which it is said the Prince replied, 'I am come home, sir, and I will entertain no notion at all of returning to that place from whence I came; for that I am persuaded my faithful Highlanders will stand by me.
Armadale, spying a sail making towards the very spot upon which he was walking, stopt till he should learn what the ship was, and from whence she had come.
He, becoming anxious to know if they had dispatches for him, resolved to return towards the place from whence he had come in order to meet with them.
To hear thy angry threats proclaim aloud Thy dismal vengeance on the guilty crowd, We kiss the hand from whence these terrors come.
It is impossible to say when or whence this tale reached the Philippines.
When or whence these Tagalog versions arose I cannot say.
At last Noet Noen said, "Don Juan, long have we lived together; yet you know not whence we come, for we have never told you.
Now, it is true that man also eats the flesh, fat, and eggs of animals; but whence have the animals meat and eggs?
Whence came this weather; more especially, whence came the calm preceding it, and the whirlwind following?
Again, whence does it come, that man is so very dainty in regard to eating and drinking, and that he uses an infinite variety of articles of food, as does no other creature in the world?
We have no sure means of ascertaining whence the wind will come to us to-morrow.
But every one is aware also, that above all we must ask, whence hunger arises; that we must first get better acquainted with hunger itself, in order to understand nutrition.
The wind bloweth where it will, and thou hearest the voice thereof, but knowest notwhence it cometh, and whither it goeth; so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
And his disciples answered him, "Whence shall one be able to fill these men with bread here in a desert place?
The woman saith unto him, "Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep; whence then hast thou that living water?
Howbeit we know this man whence he is; but when the Christ cometh, no one knoweth whence he is.
Why, herein is the marvel, that ye know notwhence he is, and yet he opened mine eyes.
We know that God hath spoken unto Moses: but as for this man, we know not whence he is.
And all bare him witness, and wondered at the words of grace which proceeded out of his mouth: and they said, "Whence hath this man these things?
These buckles were exported in large quantities to France, from whence they were brought back to England and sold as the most recent productions of French ingenuity.
He then returned to his father’s, from whence he was sent to school at Geneva, where he remained for three years perfecting himself in the modern languages.
De Caus was a native of Normandy, and for some time studied the profession of an architect in Italy; from whence he returned to France early in the seventeenth century.
He had been for some time the professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Williamsburg, Virginia, from whence he returned to England and settled at Birmingham.
Jabez, one of the cleverest, had spent some time in Holland, from whence he had returned with some grand scheme in his head for carrying out an extensive system of drainage in that country.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "whence" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
