wherethrough
Americanconjunction
Etymology
Origin of wherethrough
First recorded in 1175–1225, wherethrough is from the Middle English word hwerthrough. See where, through
Example Sentences
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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
The precious canopy aloft was carved In semblance of the pleached forest trees, Enameled with the liveliest green, wherethrough A light pierced, more resplendent than the day.
From The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 1 by Lazarus, Emma
Under a palm wherethrough a planet burned We ate, and sank to rest.
From The Poems of Sidney Lanier by Lanier, Sidney
For all things are bound together in that Omnipresence which is the place and habitation of the world, and events are of a glass wherethrough our eyes see some of the pathways.
From Daniel Deronda by Eliot, George
Lear was a man to whom, as to Tennyson's Ulysses, "All experience is an arch wherethrough Gleams that untravelled world."
From Nonsense Books by Lear, Edward
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