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Example sentences for "whereby"

Lexicographically close words:
whereabouts; whereafter; whereas; whereat; whereaway; whereever; wherefor; wherefore; wherefores; wherefrom
  1. This is the most precious clue of all, as it is infallible, and besides ascertaining one point, gives a firm foothold, whereby to arrive at many others.

  2. Suppose, for example, that a fully equipped man found something wrong, whereby he was prevented from getting his proper supply of purified air.

  3. To such the instruments whereby electricity is measured will make a specially interesting appeal.

  4. This fine wire is broken at the moment of the explosion, whereby the current is cut off and the style raised.

  5. This was first done by the famous Nobel, who mixed it with a fine earth known as kieselguhr, whereby its sensitiveness was much decreased.

  6. This completes another circuit, permitting current to pass to the fine wire, whereby the hammer is released.

  7. The explosive used for such a purpose has a sudden shattering power, whereby it pulverises the ground in its vicinity rather than making a great upheaval at the surface.

  8. A third way is to dispense with brine and to blow air through the coils of the evaporator, whereby the air is made to carry away the cold to wherever it is needed.

  9. The same principle is at work when we rub out a pencil mark with india-rubber, whereby the rubber becomes heated, as most of us have observed.

  10. They are often made, too, with self-recording appliances, whereby the course of the test is set down automatically upon a chart.

  11. One of the greatest steps in the development of electrical science was taken when Dr Ohm put forward the law which he had discovered whereby pressure, current and resistance are related.

  12. Then he utilised this added power to move a pen whereby the signals were recorded automatically upon a piece of paper.

  13. The soft copper crushes into the "rifling," whereby the shell obtains its spinning action.

  14. The second series of wheels, C D, are attached to cylinders of the same dimensions of those in the first row, and are connected to each other by intervening pinions, whereby a uniform velocity is maintained through the whole series.

  15. The middle of the yoke is furnished with a draught staple or eye-bolt which is moveable and regulated by a hand screw at the top, whereby the pitch of the draught it regulated.

  16. Thou art losing that, whereby thou hadst to attain pardon for other faults.

  17. It is a frightful temptation when that is taken from us whereby we may be healed from the wounds of other temptations.

  18. With that kind of temptation whereby we are deceived and seduced, God tempteth no man.

  19. He spoke of those evil temptations whereby men are deceived, and brought under the yoke of the devil.

  20. This is plainly slander, at least in degree, and according to the surplusage whereby the censure doth exceed the fault.

  21. And I will endeavour that you frequently have after my decease whereby you may keep a memory of these things.

  22. Who shall speak to thee words whereby thou shalt be saved, and all thy house.

  23. To execute judgment upon all and to reprove all the ungodly for all the works of their ungodliness, whereby they have done ungodly: and for all the hard things which ungodly sinners have spoken against God.

  24. It is good not to eat flesh and not to drink wine: nor any thing whereby thy brother is offended or scandalized or made weak.

  25. For you have not received the spirit of bondage again in fear: but you have received the spirit of adoption of sons, whereby we cry: Abba (Father).

  26. Therefore, receiving an immoveable kingdom, we have grace: whereby let us serve, pleasing God, with fear and reverence.

  27. Little children, it is the last hour: and as you have heard that Antichrist cometh, even now there are become many Antichrists: whereby we know that it is the last hour.

  28. Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished.

  29. For there is no other name under heaven given to men, whereby we must be saved.

  30. And grieve not the holy Spirit of God: whereby you are sealed unto the day of redemption.

  31. Who will reform the body of our lowness, made like to the body of his glory, according to the operation whereby also he is able to subdue all things unto himself.

  32. And Zachary said to the angel: Whereby shall I know this?

  33. Whereby he is able also to save for ever them that come to God by him; always living to make intercession for us.

  34. I hereby declare that I, James Hicks, know of no impediment whereby I may not be joined in matrimony with Matilde, Matilde--is it Matilde or Matilda?

  35. Then the conversation turned on the morality of women, and Mike judiciously selected some instances from his stock of experiences whereby John might judge of their animalism.

  36. In the following year, a Frenchman, master of a vessel, entered into port without complying with the laws established in such cases, whereby he incurred the forfeitures of the law to any person who would sue for them.

  37. In sculpture, we believe that a great secret of the highest success lies in an intuitive eclecticism, whereby the faultless graces of the antique are combined with just observation of Nature.

  38. In 1814, he found out and applied the steam-blast, whereby the waste steam from the cylinders is used to increase the combustion, so that the harder the machine works, the greater is its power to work.

  39. I no orgies sing Whereby thy mercies to invoke: Nor from the East rich perfumes bring To cloude the Altars with thy precious smoake.

  40. For thou who first didst motion give, Whereby things live And Time hath being!

  41. The quere as to ram’s horns was only one of many curious schemes whereby to get up a quarrel.

  42. The propensity was probably strengthened in him from the indemnities of martial law, and by those visions of promotion whereby violent partizans are perpetually urged, and so frequently disappointed.

  43. Such arts of craft did I, unhappy I, Contrive for mortals: now, no feint I have Whereby I may elude my present woe.

  44. And woe for the issue, The fray that ye fought, The doom of a mutual slaughter whereby to the grave ye are brought!

  45. Attend--the Sire supreme doth bid thee tell What is the wedlock which thou vauntest now, Whereby he falleth from supremacy?

  46. But Zeus held the race of mortal men in scorn, and was fain to destroy them from the face of the earth; yet Prometheus loved them, and gave secretly to them the gift of fire, and arts whereby they could prosper upon the earth.

  47. And their trust is in cable and cordage, too weak in the power of the blast, And frail are the links of the bridge whereby unto Hellas they passed.

  48. Of others' forethought and device, whereby Thou may'st elude this handicraft of ours!

  49. Mr. Gerrish was in such merry mood that he kept ye end of ye table whereby he sat in right jovial humour.

  50. Myrrh Aloes and Cussias smell all of thy garments had Out of the yvory pallaces whereby they made thee glad: 9.

  51. I resolved no more to linger around the spot, but to go back to my uncle, and among the learned divines of the city of London, seek for some power whereby to annul the curse.

  52. Should the envoy abuse his mission for purposes of observation, whereby the army he is visiting is imperiled, then also he may be detained, but not longer than is necessary.

  53. According to Finlayson, the New Zealand nephrite results from the chemical alteration of serpentine, olivine or pyroxene, whereby a fibrous amphibole is formed, which becomes converted by intense pressure and movement into the dense nephrite.

  54. The arrangement in 1610, whereby the Stationers' Company undertook to supply the Bodleian Library with every book published, was James's suggestion.

  55. That too is the right touchstone whereby to test all books--whether they urge Christ or not; for all Scripture testifies of Christ (Rom.

  56. Finally, let those rage against you who have never been deceived by such an error as that whereby they see you deceived.

  57. As a part of the process whereby Arius should be rehabilitated by being received back into the Church he was invited by Constantine to appear at the court.

  58. But, with what daring or with what swelling of pride I know not, you have attempted to seize upon a new name for yourself, whereby the hearts of all your brethren would be offended.

  59. A distinction was also made as to sins whereby some were regarded as “sins unto death” and not admitting of pardon (cf.

  60. As a result of the new law given, moralism was inevitable, whereby a man by his efforts earned everlasting life (C).

  61. It was, however, only the last of a series of acts whereby the Church was severing itself from the ancient order and coming into closer alliance with the new order in the life of the West.

  62. The Early Germanic Codes are full of regulations whereby for an injury the aggrieved party, or his family in case of his death, could be prevented from retaliating in kind upon the aggressor and his family.

  63. Now God had given power to the angel further to unclothe that soul, to take from it all those outward attributes of time and place and circumstance whereby the individual life is marked off from the life of the whole.

  64. The train service from Victoria was frequent, and on the back of their notepaper was printed a little map, whereby pupils coming and going from the station could find their way.

  65. In every nook there was a statue of the Virgin, or a cross whereby the thoughts of the passer-by might be recalled to the essential object of her life.

  66. When man ceased to capture women, he reflected, man invented art whereby he might win them.

  67. She was disappointed that he did not warn her with the loss of her soul, that he did not invent specious expedients for her use, whereby the Evil One might be successfully checked.

  68. The ancients had knowledge of contrivances whereby they could stay under water some time.

  69. Idiosyncrasy is a peculiarity of constitution whereby an individual is affected by external agents in a different manner from others.

  70. Then I sat talking with her and presently I signed to her in dumb show, whereby she understood that I longed to enjoy her person,[FN#525] and she rose up in haste with a show of displeasure.

  71. I am daughter to a King among the Kings of Hind, and I was travelling with a caravan in the desert when drowsiness overcame me, and I fell from my beast unwittingly whereby I am cut off from my people and sore bewildered.

  72. So the Prince followed it until he was lost to every eye and the chase got away from him in the waste; whereby he was confused and he knew not which way to turn, when lo!

  73. Then the clerk left him and he sat in his shop, looking for some one to bring him a job whereby he might earn his day's bread.

  74. When dawn broke and morn arose in sheen and shone, the Fakirs went to seek the Shaykh and found him climbing up the wall of the well; whereby he was magnified in their eyes.

  75. I tarried with him three days; at the end of which time he said to me, "Knowest thou no calling whereby to win thy living, O my son?

  76. Would Heaven I had not urged my daughter to attempt the disenchantment of this ape fellow, whereby I have imposed upon her the terrible task of fighting yon accursed Ifrit against whom all the Ifrits in the world could not prevail.

  77. Before ten minutes had passed the chance came whereby Bluff was enabled to fill out his assortment of partridges, so that every camper could have one.

  78. He was fully determined not to let any opportunity pass whereby he might secure some remarkable pictures of outdoor life to enter in that competition which the railroad companies had inaugurated.


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

    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    whereby the; whereby they