whose
belonging to which person
How often you will meet it
Rank 272 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 79,981 times across 139,755 chapters — 0.038% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
determiner
- belonging to which person
pronoun
- of whom; belonging to whom
whose 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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Who was I to argue with Ray, whose fame was in every one's mouth--soldier, traveller, and diplomatist?
The Betrayal · E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim · Chapter 1
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Your mysterious young friend, whose name you have never told me, but whose picture really fascinates me, never thinks.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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There is not in the wide world a valley so sweet As that vale in whose bosom the bright waters meet!
Narrative and Lyric Poems (first series) · O. J. [Annotator] Stevenson · Chapter 1
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Who knows the town of Bethlehem, once gleamed beneath the star, Whose wondrous light the shepherds saw watching their flocks afar?
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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Arrived at the great building among whose offices was that of Walter McAndrew, Attorney-at-Law, Gloria's thoughts were turned into a new channel.
Gloria and Treeless Street · Annie Hamilton Donnell · Chapter 1