whene'er
Americanconjunction
adverb
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I dine on rare and costly fare whene'er good fortune lets me, but there's no meal that can compare with those the missus gets me.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Pray let us make the best of our way from this cursed place, and whene'er I bray again, may I be as well punished for it.
From The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Still am I ever anxious, whene'er in fight he stands, And keen-edg'd darts are hailing from strong heroic hands, Lest I by one should lose him, my own beloved make.
From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown
Hast thou at sea, all breathless heard the blast Rolling vast waves on high whene'er it past?
From Papers from Overlook-House by Casper Almore
She mounted on her milk-white steed; 30 She's ta'en true Thomas up behind: And aye, whene'er her bridle rung, The steed flew swifter than the wind.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various
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