whereat
Americanconjunction
adverb
adverb
Etymology
Origin of whereat
Middle English word dating back to 1200–50; see origin at where, at 1
Example Sentences
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Last week an Italian Naval flotilla sailed into Mocha to exert further pressure, whereat the Imam, wasting no time in appeals to Geneva, begged directly for British help.
From Time Magazine Archive
"He is not in the Palace, Sir," the Duke was informed, whereat Windsor used a few choice expressions and the Keeper of the King's Privy Purse was finally coerced to the phone.
From Time Magazine Archive
At the top of the lobe and a little back of centre is the stereognostic, whereat the brain recognizes the nature of solid bodies through the widely diffused sense of touch.
From Time Magazine Archive
They decided to deport her, whereat she broke down and offered to spy for France.
From Time Magazine Archive
“But you? It is for you that I fear!” whereat she laughed—a laugh, low and unreal, and said:—
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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