wherefrom
Americanconjunction
adverb
pronoun
Etymology
Origin of wherefrom
Example Sentences
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Including schools of education, wherefrom these ideas have begun to influence public schools.
From Washington Post • Apr. 17, 2022
The incense of reeking garbage, wherefrom the alchemy of sunlight is disengaging impalpable poison, arises up forever.
From New York Times • Jul. 26, 2013
Bridges' "Nightingales" can stand with any of them: Beautiful must be the mountains whence ye come, And bright in the fruitful valleys the streams, wherefrom Ye learn your song: Where are those starry woods?
From Time Magazine Archive
How the huntsman carried himself when he began to learn the trade of war: wherefrom a young soldier may learn somewhat Chap. xxxi.:
From The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim by Grimmelshausen, Hans Jacob Christoph von
The atmospheric line is, in this case, of no other service than to form a guide wherefrom to mark in the line of no pressure, or of perfect vacuum.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
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