whence in English

adverb
1
from what place or source.
whence does Congress derive this power?
2
from which; from where.
the Ural mountains, whence the ore is procured

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1. from whence then hath it tares?

2. 23 From whence is he?

3. 6 Whence did you come?

4. 4 They returned whence they had come.

5. 3 They have returned whence they came.

6. 2 Return whence you come.

7. Ask not whence the thunder comes.

8. 14 Let him return whence he came.

9. Amongst, whilst, whence, and amidst may sound dated to

10. 12 No one knows whence she came.

11. We know neither our whence nor our whither.

12. 13 Whence did you come to this place?

13. 10 No sensible person will say whence Time has come.

14. He knows neither his whence nor his whither.

15. 20 No one knew whence he had come.

16. 16 We know neither our whence nor our whither.

17. 15 From whence they went to the fatal tree.

18. 17 He knows neither his whence nor his whither.

19. 5 No one ordered him back whence he came.

20. So sometimes the traveler is asked whence will come their succor.

21. 22 It was near the thickest whence the raft had issued.

22. 8 There was no reply, whence he inferred that all had gone.

23. 19 Let him return to the place whence he came.

24. 18 He went to the place whence he had come.

25. All are good lasses, but whence come the bad wives? 

26. The Ambo is essentially a large, raised platform whence clergy can address an assembly

27. 11 Whence came the inducements for the move down to the docks?

28. 1 All are good lasses, but whence come the bad wives? 

29. I walked to Rainbagh, whence I could complete the journey by car.

30. 9 It has been returned to the shop from whence it came.

31. The Chelicerates lack antennae, and their mouthparts include a pair of chelicerae, whence the name.

32. She then returned to Seeadler Harbor whence she supported the Morotai operation 15–30 September.

33. 29 Or , if not, thou strange and elfish child, whence didst thou come? ".

34. Since all the maid were good and livable from whence come the evil wives?

35. Ceorle (whence our word Churl) was a countryman or artisan who was a freeman

36. 7 I walked to Rainbagh,(www.Sentencedict.com) whence I could complete the journey by car.

37. The word is from the French Berceaunette, but the ‘‘image’’ is derived Lord knows whence

38. Cognate with Old Norse bleza (“ to bless ”) (whence Icelandic Blessa), Old English blēdan (“ to bleed ”)

39. 21 By now he was quite aware as to whence this powerful uprising had sprung.

40. Amidde (XIII) was later extended with -S to Amiddes, whence amidst (XVI), by addition of parasitic t; cf

41. Originally it was Amable or Amabel, but very soon became Annabel, whence the Scottish Annaple and Annabella.

42. 26 A place far, far away in the magical north country, whence I got my nature but not my nurture.

43. It includes Althaea officinalis, also known as the marshmallow plant, whence the fluffy confection got its name.

44. 26 Beyond, I could see the outline of a vast quarry, clearly from whence the car had come.

45. Whence our old word beldam, the more Courteous meaning of which is all but lost in its ironical one

46. The word “Caucasian” functions as an almost magical word referring to a distant, unknown land from whence white people come

47. Baldachino Overhanging used as a mark of honor, named after Baghdad whence came the cloth originally used for this purpose

48. Then, on the 16th, headed north for Iwo Jima, whence she patrolled on air/sea rescue station until 2 November.

49. He supervised operations from a large warehouse at Greenwich on the Thames, whence he supplied the metropolitan market in particular.

50. Whence Lucretius sang concerning those amorous Bewitchings: The body smitten is, but yet the mind Is wounded with the darts of Cupid blind