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Example sentences for "whither"

Lexicographically close words:
whitewash; whitewashed; whitewashing; whitewood; whith; whithersoever; whitherward; whitings; whitish; whittle
  1. Whither may not the old man's new projects lead him?

  2. Let us go, Abba; whither He guides us we cannot fail or perish.

  3. Zora could not weep, her eyes were dry and burning with anxiety; all she held most dear on earth lay helpless before her, and if he passed away in this ecstasy what would she do, whither could she go?

  4. But Hermia had already preceded the Countess to the door, whither Markham followed them.

  5. We were afterwards told by a young priest, as we passed along the green meadows of Orsina, whither he was going to do duty, and with whom D.

  6. Our guide led us towards a creek bordered by a marsh, but he soon stopped, and declared that he did not know whither he was conducting us.

  7. The driver, however, was by no means mournful, nor inclined to be silent long: he soon commenced asking me an infinity of questions as to whence I came and whither I was bound.

  8. I am he whom the Manolos of Madrid call Don Jorgito el Ingles; I am just come out of prison, whither I was sent for circulating my Lord’s Gospel in this kingdom of Spain.

  9. Whence they appeared, how they were summoned, whither they vanished when the feast was eaten, I have no guess.

  10. He was from Tauata, whither he returned the same night in an outrigger, daring the deep with these young- ladyish treasures.

  11. This land is Egypt, whither in my grief I brought you, my dead bride!

  12. This address for peace was received by the king at Maidenhead, whither this army was now advanced, and his Majesty returned answer by Sir Peter Killegrew, that he desired nothing more, and would not be wanting on his part.

  13. The king, with about 500 horse, got into Chester, and from thence into Wales, whither all that could get away made up to him as fast as they could, but in a bad condition.

  14. I am not quite sure that I have yet returned to the earth from those regions whither I felt myself wafted.

  15. At the Berlin Hochschule, whither he went next, he further broadened the scope of his culture, pursued philosophical studies, and finally settled upon the organic sciences.

  16. He intended to speak on Easter of 1886 in Weimar and to visit Jena, "whither he expected to return in his sixty-fifth year so as to attach a good end to a good beginning.

  17. Monna Brigida retired into the adjoining church, and Romola was conducted to the door of the chapter-house in the outer cloister, whither the invalid had been conveyed; no woman being allowed admission beyond this precinct.

  18. Her home was the gathering place of the disciples, whither Peter went after he was delivered from prison.

  19. Israel, but to all those cities whither Jesus himself would come, is suggestive of this broader purpose of Luke.

  20. There is madame overwhelming me with questions respecting the count; she insists upon it that I can tell her his birth, education, and parentage, where he came from, and whither he is going.

  21. That will keep us from going away from the East whither I am tempted to think I have been conveyed by some good genius.

  22. No; far from wishing to learn whither he has betaken himself, I should shun the possibility of meeting him as I would a wild beast.

  23. At this moment he will have left Elba, to go whither I know not, but assuredly to attempt a landing either at Naples, or on the coast of Tuscany, or perhaps on the shores of France.

  24. I have more reasons than you can imagine for desiring to know who he is, from whence he came, and whither he is going.

  25. Whither does your excellency desire to be driven?

  26. As for that Benedetto, who so grossly belied his name, have you never made any effort to trace out whither he has gone, or what has become of him?

  27. And he disappeared without anyone seeing whither he went.

  28. He died in 1556 in Germany, whither he had retired on the Roman Catholic revival.

  29. Saviour's, Southwark, in the Lady Chapel, whither it was moved on the destruction of the chapel to the east of the building, where it was originally placed.

  30. Peter was in many ways a type of the Norman ecclesiastic so hated by the people, but, according to Matthew Paris, he fought bravely in the Holy Land, whither he led a body of Crusaders in 1226.

  31. And this victorie to his wourde, and terrour to all fylthie lyvaris, did oure God wirk by such as yit leave and remaine witnesses (whither thei will or not) of the foirsaid workis of our God.

  32. The King being now contemned of all men, because the Queene cared not for him, he went sometime to the Lenox to his father, and sometime to Sterlin, whither the Prince was carried a little before.

  33. But when they sought for him, the sage was gone, Whence come or whither gone none ever knew.

  34. There were agonising hearts among the brothers, especially among the older monks, who knew not whither to go on the morrow; and the voice of the sub-prior was broken with grief, and failed him as he read the lesson.

  35. Yet he was walking briskly towards it, having no other whither to go.

  36. What was she to do, whither was she to turn?

  37. Yes, she liked the face because it was hard, because it had a resolute look in it that said he meant to go whither he wished to go.

  38. We are in the midst of war, and in war-times the soldier must go whither he is sent.

  39. I fell in with him in Venice, and asked him whither he was going.

  40. Nor can I endure the thought of my birthplace being turned into a bloody battle-field, and of the horrors of war invading the peaceful valley whither I am bringing my bride, and which has ever looked upon bloodshed with disapproval.

  41. They intended to be married in Rome, she said, and then return to Hungary, whither the bridegroom's business called him.

  42. The wind can direct the storm-cloud whither it shall go, but cannot compel it to flash lightning and hurl thunderbolts at command.

  43. We do our duty, we go whither we are ordered, and we can die if we must; but we will not take human life except in defence of our homes and our fatherland.

  44. Very well, Diurbanu," was the reply, "our soldiers will go whither they are sent.

  45. The Nightingale that in the Branches sang, Ah, whence, and whither flown again, who knows!

  46. On reaching Moffat they found his steed standing at the hostel, whither it had returned on the night of the fair, before the company broke up; but the owner had not been heard of since seen in company with Lady Elizabeth Douglas.

  47. Wattie was ashamed to take her into the hall, but led her into one of the out-houses, whither he brought her brother to receive her.

  48. Graham, in great agitation--"has she gone away without your knowledge, and without telling you whither she was going?

  49. This was a friend who knew indeed the world whither she was going.

  50. Even the pain of his wound was forgotten, and he took the change gladly, not knowing whither he went or what the journey was meant to bring him.

  51. The officer rushed out to execute his orders, while the Colonel walked into the piazza, whither he was immediately followed by the anxious ladies.

  52. He immediately recognized her, and inquired whither she was going.

  53. After dinner we set out, not knowing whither we went.

  54. I arose, and walked after him, not knowing well whither I was going.

  55. With a vindictive inquisitiveness, too, the Press continued to pry after each of us, whither we had gone, and what had become of us.


  56. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "whither" 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:
    whither away; whither shall; whither they; whither thou