How do you use Whence in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Whence in a sentence
Whence meaning
From where; from which place or source.
Using Whence
- The main meaning on this page is: From where; from which place or source.
- In the example corpus, whence often appears in combinations such as: from whence, whence they, whence he.
Context around Whence
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 7 middle, 11 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 3 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Whence
- In this selection, "whence" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 19.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, pakistan, nairobi, city, came and arias stand out and add context to how "whence" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include them from whence they came and back from whence he came. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "whence" sits close to words such as abingdon, abrahams and abuzz, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with whence
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Return them from whence they came. (6 words)
From whence does morality, honor, and goodness come? (8 words)
Just make sure you return them from whence they came. (10 words)
Speaking during the Quarterly Vendor meeting held at Jumia's CBD hub in Nairobi, whence the announcement was made, Kenneth Oyolla, Jumia Chief Commercial Officer in Kenya said the offer is to help locally produced goods compete with imported ones. (40 words)
From Hokkaido to Okinawa, he was a fan favorite throughout his Hall of Fame pro career in the nation from whence his first name derived — in reference to Kobe’s famed wagyu beef. (33 words)
Kári “The Disciple of Doom” Árnason teaches Diego Costa what a dirty trick is and the Brazilian-born forward retreats to the pit of skulduggery from whence he came. (29 words)
From whence does morality, honor, and goodness come? (8 words)
Whence the weird hostility of this empty jockstrap, the lack of humanity? (12 words)
And which will fall back down the charts from whence they came? (12 words)
Example sentences (20)
From whence does morality, honor, and goodness come?
It was gone from his brain the second he stepped on the helicopter to venture back from whence he came.
Jaheim Bell is heading to Florida State while Austin Stogner went back to Oklahoma, from whence he came.
Sara was located following a call from her father, Urfan Sharif, to the authorities from Pakistan, whence he had fled with his family.
The nation needs you to stay in the fight until every last commie stain has been relegated into the dung heap from whence they came.
Except perhaps for our old foe China from whence came the worst in more than a century.
From Hokkaido to Okinawa, he was a fan favorite throughout his Hall of Fame pro career in the nation from whence his first name derived — in reference to Kobe’s famed wagyu beef.
In Anderson’s work faces, figures, forms and things emerge, converge and seem ever ready to submerge back into the universal substance from whence they came.
It ought to inspire us to respond accordingly – not sit idle, content to admire the foundations of liberty from whence we came.
Return them from whence they came.
Speaking during the Quarterly Vendor meeting held at Jumia's CBD hub in Nairobi, whence the announcement was made, Kenneth Oyolla, Jumia Chief Commercial Officer in Kenya said the offer is to help locally produced goods compete with imported ones.
House arrest in Ustupu, or in the village in Wargandi from whence Arias comes, would be a different matter than confinement to a residence in Panama City.
President Trump was right, she should go back to Somalia from whence she came.
Whence the weird hostility of this empty jockstrap, the lack of humanity?
And which will fall back down the charts from whence they came?
At first, we did not know from whence the squeals of terror came.
Drinks are passed around among friends on the grassy verges outside, as the retreating faithful melt back into the city whence they came.
Just make sure you return them from whence they came.
Kári “The Disciple of Doom” Árnason teaches Diego Costa what a dirty trick is and the Brazilian-born forward retreats to the pit of skulduggery from whence he came.
Memorial to Gichin Funakoshi, the Okinawan who took karate to Japan, from whence it spread worldwide.
Common combinations with whence
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- from whence 28×
- whence they 13×
- whence he 11×
- whence the 9×
- whence it 8×
- whence does 2×
- whence came 2×
- whence we 2×
- whence is 2×
- garstang whence 2×