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Example sentences for "whereabouts"

Lexicographically close words:
wheras; wherat; wherby; where; whereabout; whereafter; whereas; whereat; whereaway; whereby
  1. The entrance was as yet hidden from him by the jutting shoulder of the cliff, but he could hear now the light rumble of surf upon the beach, and he went on, feeling some curiosity to learn whereabouts on the shore he would arrive.

  2. As a result of this he decided to keep the whereabouts of his hut and the existence of the stores a secret from the white men.

  3. Can you tell us whereabouts we are, Mr. Urquhart?

  4. My sister's whereabouts are known to me now," he said shortly.

  5. He drove to his club with one thought in his mind, and that thought revolved about the identity and the whereabouts of the person referred to in the little man's record as "X.

  6. She said she could account for Oswald's whereabouts during that 2 month period on weekends, from Friday late afternoon, when he left work in Dallas and arrived there in Irving, until early Monday morning.

  7. Now, if I was to ask you the whereabouts of Mrs. Herbert, there would be some sense in the question, eh?

  8. I was, indeed, rather anxious to discover the whereabouts of Rookley during that afternoon, since so far I had been able to keep Mrs. Herbert's name entirely out of the narrative.

  9. In Mobile the exiles had learned the true whereabouts of the brigade, and of a battery then called Bartleson's as often as Kincaid's by a public which had half forgotten the seemingly well-established fact of Hilary's death.

  10. Now they're off to make him reveal the whereabouts of the real chests.

  11. They were to get to Norcaster as quickly as possible, and to wire their whereabouts as soon as they were found.

  12. The three Trevelyan brothers receive from a dying sailor a rough chart indicating the whereabouts of a rich gold-bearing region in the Arctic.

  13. I wish we knew our whereabouts better," said Elizabeth.

  14. While they all remained in the pit they were safe; if the savages should catch sight of any one, they would, almost certainly, never rest until they had discovered the whereabouts of the inhabitants.

  15. He informed her that he had no knowledge of his whereabouts at that time, but he would take her name, place an advertisement of her arrival at Rolla, in the paper, and if he was alive it might reach him.

  16. On reaching Rolla, she went to Colonel Phelps, who was afterwards governor of the state, and inquired if he knew anything of the whereabouts of the author.

  17. All they knew of their whereabouts was, that those who escaped arrest had left their homes, aiming to reach the nearest Federal lines.

  18. It is then generally only a question of time before his whereabouts are ascertained.

  19. In this way it is sometimes established that the accused has endeavored to bribe the witnesses and to induce them to leave the State, while the whereabouts of stolen loot is often discovered.

  20. We leave the old Doctor to descant on the vast climatic difference between Regent's Park and Brompton, while we inform the geographers among our German readers of the whereabouts of the latter place.

  21. Considine, although "lost," was sufficiently aware of his whereabouts to understand that he was near the north-eastern frontier of Cape Colony.

  22. I feel better already now I feel that some one else knows the whereabouts of my wife and child.

  23. It was to one of these red-topped mansions that Constans finally found his way, after experiencing several rebuffs from churlish citizens of whom he had ventured to inquire for the whereabouts of his uncle.

  24. Yet she would have none of him, and she had deliberately tied Constans's hands in exacting the promise that he should not reveal her whereabouts to the man who of all things desired to serve her.

  25. Should he hunt through the numbers in the telephone-book till he hit upon the whereabouts of that Gregoire, with whom Bournef and his companions had taken refuge?

  26. Of course we don't know that he is not; but the fact that he has given Hamburg as his present whereabouts establishes a strong presumption that he is somewhere else.

  27. It is a modification of one devised by me many years ago when I was crossing Ashanti to the city of Bontuku, the whereabouts of which in the far interior was then only vaguely known.

  28. Presently, however, the hotel proprietor came to his room, and asked the whereabouts of the Princess and her niece, as they had not been seen since they left with him.

  29. I happen, as an intimate friend of his audacious Highness, to know his whereabouts at the present moment, and also the snug and unsuspected hiding-places of each of his four accomplices.

  30. They parted on the hotel steps, and Barry, after inquiring of the proprietor the whereabouts of the slipway where Leyden's schooner was, swung off in the given direction.

  31. So they arrived in silence at the wharf, and neither raised his head to notice their whereabouts until Little tumbled over the Barang's breast line.

  32. One of his daughters, however, hearing my question, said she knew where it was, and coming with me to the door indicated the whereabouts of the caravans of my quest.

  33. Often before had I visited this busy seaport on Gypsy errands, and the cause of my present visit was to seek out the whereabouts of the descendants of Ryley Boswell, renowned in Gypsy history.

  34. I walked in to see the sights one day, and passing through a cave almost fell over a bed whereon was my own brother, whose whereabouts I had been trying to discover for days.

  35. One did not ask the whereabouts of brother or chum.

  36. If we haven't advertised our whereabouts to the Indians already there is no reason for taking foolish risks.

  37. It was necessary we should know exactly the strength and whereabouts of the searching party.

  38. Is it really necessary to have such a blaze, or are you indulging in it simply because it has been so long since we dared allow our whereabouts to be known?

  39. He understood now if never before all the trouble he had brought upon his companions, first by making their presence in the city known, and, lastly, by betraying the whereabouts of the party when he ventured out of the cave.

  40. There are sure to be some of the servants about, and they'll tell you whereabouts Mrs. Hale's rooms are.

  41. No, miss, so far as the Rose is concerned, your whereabouts is as safe as if we didn't know.

  42. I'll do better than that," said Austin Ambrose, who did not by any means desire that their whereabouts should be known.

  43. Whereabouts was it, Frank, that you fell in with the boat?

  44. He was Luscombe born; though he kept himself to himself, he would probably know the whereabouts of Sandy Cove.

  45. I thought perhaps you might be able to give me some idea as to the whereabouts of my young charge, Miss Bathurst.

  46. She dared not leave her, for she had no idea of the whereabouts of either of the brothers.

  47. And is her whereabouts to remain a mystery until then?

  48. But what was learned from him about the whereabouts of Mitchell Prell must have been both confusing and disappointing.

  49. Have you information as to the whereabouts of Dr.


  50. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "whereabouts" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.