wherethrough
Americanconjunction
Etymology
Origin of wherethrough
First recorded in 1175–1225, wherethrough is from the Middle English word hwerthrough. See where, through
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When he finally got home, he says, his blood pressure and blood sugar wherethrough the roof.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 12, 2021
It is related that, travelling towards France with a companion, Brother Masseo, he one day entered a town wherethrough they both begged their way, as their custom was, taking separate streets.
From Brother Copas by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
I am a part of all that I have met; Yet all experience is an arch wherethrough Gleams that untravelled world, whose margin fades For ever and for ever when I move.16 Lord Tennyson.
From Poems on Travel by Various
"All experience seemed an arch, wherethrough Gleamed that untraveled world, whose margin fades Forever and forever as we move."
From The Great German Composers by George T. (George Titus) Ferris
This heavenly oblation of our Lord which is the means wherethrough we approach pure Divinity, is also the Sacrifice of the Church here on earth.
From Our Lady Saint Mary by J. G. H. Barry
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