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Example sentences for "wherewith"

Lexicographically close words:
whereuppon; wherever; wherevnto; wherevpon; wherevppon; wherewithal; wherewithall; wherfor; wherfore; wherin
  1. The homes which they built were all humble enough, the merest cabins of rough logs, since they had nothing else wherewith to build.

  2. So that he now sat speechless, casting about in his troubled thoughts for the gentlest words wherewith he must wound the quiet, pale-faced woman, whose very lack of comprehension appealed to his great heart as all helplessness did.

  3. Spanyardes, and nine Horses and Mares, wherewith they all maruellously reioyced.

  4. The intricate beauty of the hand-made patterns far surpasses that of the woven fabrics wherewith new mills and factories begin to supply the market.

  5. I have no mouth wherewith to speak and no eye wherewith to see, for I did sin and commit a trespass, and, by reason of my sins, I was driven forth from Paradise.

  6. Furthermore spake the messengers: "Why dost thou envy me in respect to the blessing wherewith my father blessed me?

  7. The serpent disappeared from the tree, while I sought leaves wherewith to cover my nakedness, but all the trees within my reach had cast off their leaves at the moment when I ate of the forbidden fruit.

  8. I have beheld the affliction wherewith the Gentiles oppress you, but God has heard your groans.

  9. May God, with whom there is endless blessing, give thee His, and also the blessing wherewith Abraham desired to bless me, desisting only in order not to provoke the jealousy of Ishmael.

  10. Also Abraham taught them the black art, wherewith they held sway over demons and spirits.

  11. Thou shalt not remain in possession of thy ears, nor of thy wings, nor of any of thy limbs wherewith thou didst seduce the woman and her husband, bringing them to such a pass that they must be driven forth from Paradise.

  12. The whole of creation was called into existence by God unto His glory,[193] and each creature has its own hymn of praise wherewith to extol the Creator.

  13. She has heard from her son, and seeing that her son takes all that time from his right studies, to earn money wherewith to pay debts of which Mr. Goren is cognizant, she trusts that their oldest friend will overlook it.

  14. The few digs and slaps and thrusts at gloomy Harry and prim Miss Carrington and boorish Mr. George, wherewith the Countess, torn with wrath, thought it necessary to cover her retreat, need not be told.

  15. At first, his only food must have been fruits and roots; for he had not as yet invented any weapon wherewith to destroy wild animals.

  16. However savage his state may be assumed to have been, primitive man must have possessed some implements of fishing and hunting--some weapons wherewith to strike down any prey which was stronger or more agile than himself.

  17. The great power for good, the wherewith to give you strength, progress and efficiency is within yourself and at the command of your will.

  18. Your great power is your will, and the wherewith to help yourself is your thought habit.

  19. Even so,' said Walsingham; 'but it were well to consider whether justice and honour require you to overthrow the purpose wherewith he sent you hither.

  20. Nay, that Italian pedlar rogue, the same that the Duke has since hung, has sold to long Gilles and snub-nosed Pierre silver bullets, wherewith they have sworn to shoot the one or the other next time they had a chance.

  21. To dye with a pricke, wherewith the faintest hearted woman vnder heauen would not be kild, O God it is infamous.

  22. But his resolution had never for a moment been weakened by the arrival of Andre in the kingdom, or by the profound indifference wherewith Joan, preoccupied with other passion, had always received the advances of her cousin Charles of Durazzo.

  23. For the torment she suffers is like that of the damned, and the flames wherewith she is burned are even as the flames of hell.

  24. He obtained from Louis XII three hundred lances wherewith to march against them.

  25. And when they come unto thee they greet thee with a greeting wherewith Allah greeteth thee not, and say within themselves: Why should Allah punish us for what we say?

  26. Y: Do they think that because We have granted them abundance of wealth and sons, P: Think they that in the wealth and sons wherewith We provide them S: Do they think that by what We aid them with of wealth and children, 023.

  27. Arouse me that I may give thanks for the favour wherewith Thou hast favoured me and my parents, and that I may do right acceptable unto Thee.

  28. And they take Our revelations and that wherewith they are threatened as a jest.

  29. P: Already have We urged unto hell many of the jinn and humankind, having hearts wherewith they understand not, and having eyes wherewith they see not, and having ears wherewith they hear not.

  30. P: Or (if) We show thee that wherewith We threaten them; for lo!

  31. Spend of that wherewith We have provided you ere a day come when there will be no trafficking, nor friendship, nor intercession.

  32. Y: Many are the jinns and men we have made for Hell: They have hearts wherewith they understand not, eyes wherewith they see not, and ears wherewith they hear not.

  33. In that wherewith he hath been sent we are believers.

  34. P: Have they not travelled in the land, and have they hearts wherewith to feel and ears wherewith to hear?

  35. P: And if ye turn away, still I have conveyed unto you that wherewith I was sent unto you, and my Lord will set in place of you a folk other than you.

  36. Our wounded died almost all, and it was thought the drugs wherewith they were dressed had been poisoned.

  37. I put over the wounds a great plaster of diachylum, wherewith I had mixed oil of roses, and vinegar, to avoid inflammation.

  38. Neither yet has it lost the feet wherewith to alight on all that is lovely and sweet.

  39. Compare the tone in which he writes of the doctor of physic, with the profound reverence wherewith he bows himself before the poor country-parson.

  40. Did I tell my carefullest little wife that I had bought me a fur cap, wherewith my ears may bid defiance to the wintry blast--a poor image, by the way, to talk of ears bidding defiance.

  41. The field must perforce be narrowed; and so, for this time, it must suffice to have warned you against the men who resort to the armoury of Natural Science for weapons wherewith to assail GOD'S Truth.

  42. But the glance wherewith he favoured them was one of supercilious command, almost of hostility.

  43. The Arab had accepted their rescue with the same philosophy as that wherewith he had met his bonds.

  44. It involves, moreover, the critical fallacy of supposing that poetry is a sort of richly embroidered garment wherewith to clothe the nakedness of the underlying substance.

  45. Behold," says the beloved, "behold King Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals!

  46. This, in substance, is the same as making God the author of all our ideas; for wherewith should we see ourselves in Him, if we had not instruments for seeing?

  47. In the meantime they used many pleasant speeches, some in propounding, others in defending, wherewith the assistants were pleasantly entertained.

  48. The deaf answered confusedly, the rheumatic coughed, the lame halted, telling their miseries and griefs, wherewith they made the people to laugh.

  49. But though he knew that his great enemy was by this time dead, yet could not Manabozho renew the world unless he had some earth in his hands wherewith to begin the work.

  50. The other houses were a store for goods wherewith to carry on trade with the Indians, a stable, and a workshop.

  51. And above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.

  52. Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.


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