whence
an old word meaning “from where”
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,876 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 9,578 times across 139,755 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.
What it means
adverb
- an old word meaning “from where”
whence in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Whence draw ye, honest gentlemen, your constant wind supply?
Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870 · Various · Chapter 1
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Whence comes the playgoing public of to-day, and what does it want?
Punch — Vol. 159, 1920-07-28 · Various · Chapter 1
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Use you no eaglets' eyes, nor phoenix' feathers, To tower the heaven from whence heaven's wonder sallies.
Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles: Phillis - Licia · Martha Foote [Editor] Crow · Chapter 1
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Whence she came they had not been able to find out, but they said she talked like a Southerner.
A Double Barrelled Detective Story · Mark Twain · Chapter 1
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He went on board a trading-vessel, and worked his passage over to Plymouth, from whence he travelled on foot to Bideford.
The pirates own book · Charles Ellms · Chapter 1