When you apprehend a phenomenon and discover its law you have accomplished all that the term indicates, even though you fail to comprehend the whys and wherefores of the law.
Quite willing to satisfy Jerry's curiosity regarding the whys and wherefores of the new senior, Marjorie related the incidents pertaining to her call on the principal, ending with "The very first moment I saw her, I liked her.
Jerry will never be satisfied until she knows all the whys and wherefores of Veronica," laughed Marjorie.
I said when I first met her that I was going to find out the whys and whereforesof her.
Now consider for a moment the whys and the wherefores of this.
To understand the whys and wherefores of this paradox one would need, himself, to be an employe of the government, of large or small degree.
Now it was abundantly clear that any whys and wherefores that were likely to be discussed would be discussed later.
He had hoped at least to have time to parley, to stop and discuss the whys and wherefores of the situation with the natives.
As regards the goods traffic, the definite elimination of all competition would be likely to have the result of doing away with several unsatisfactory features of this traffic.
And when you ask the whys and the wherefores of this, the answer comes in but two words: "terminal expense.
I well remember the perplexities and doubts that troubled my young mind in trying to find the whys and wherefores of existing facts; yet I was naturally a happy and playful child.
They soon found the whys and wherefores in my letter and appeal to allow the asylum to be reopened.
You will see Kitty in New York again, and the whys and wherefores will be illumined.
So why should he puzzle over the whys and wherefores of her motives?
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "wherefores" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
