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
It would enable me to announce the revelation of Thy effulgent countenance wherethrough that which lay hidden from the eyes of men hath been manifested in Thy name, the Perspicuous, the sovereign Protector, the Self-Subsisting.
From Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh by Bahá'u'lláh
His thought takes flight for the centre wherethrough it hath part in the whole; The abysses forbid it not enter: the stars make room for the soul.
From Songs Before Sunrise by Algernon Charles Swinburne
Sir, I come from the forest of the robbers that won in this forest wherethrough you have to pass.
From The High History of the Holy Graal by Sebastian Evans
"For whom, then, do they lie here in wait, in this gray fog, wherethrough the green lights flutter, and wherethrough I hear at times a thin and far-off wailing?"
From Jurgen A Comedy of Justice by James Branch Cabell
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