what with

1. Taking into consideration, because of, as in What with all you have to carry, we should take a taxi. This usage replaced the earlier what for. [c. 1600]

Example Sentences

What with all her responsibilities as governess, not to mention the endless parade of mysterious events that seemed to crop up willy-nilly at Ashton Place, she had not written to her friend nearly as often as she should.

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“What with the moon curse, and ‘the hunt is on,’ and Ahwoo-Ahwoo, and all the rest.

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She and Penelope might even be friends, were it not for the vast difference in their social stations, what with Lady Constance being a lady and Penelope being a lowly governess.

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“Tut tut, of course you do not. I simply thought that as a matter of cultural information, you might know what goes on in theaters. But I suppose they did not have time to cover such topics in your Swanbird education, what with all your studies of plague and whatnot.”

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So far their trip had not been quite the nonstop carnival of culture Penelope had hoped for, what with all the distracting danger and mystery and so on, but still, it was London, and who knew if and when she would return?

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