Use whither in a sentence
Sentences starting with whither
- Whither was he wending now? [11]
- Whither one goes, the other will follow! [10]
- Whither it is tending seems plain. [7]
- Whither he may have gone to seek his brother, who can tell? [10]
- Whither the horse had fled none had ever heard; nor did any man enquire, inasmuch as it was only Eppelein's nag, and my granduncle had given him a better one. [10]
- Whither had it gone? [4]
- Whither are you going? [10]
- Whither should he go? [5]
- Whither had their forefathers transported, not merely their beneficent institutions, but their vast temples and tomb-buildings which covered so much space? [10]
- Whither should he flee? [10]
Sentences ending with whither
- For our factions, unless you would have me run away and leave the country, I cannot prevent them; because I do make many stay that would else fly away whither. [4]
- He heard that the fifty had been set upon by three hundred Indians, and, after a sharp skirmish and the loss of one man, had taken boats and gone to a small island near Hatorask, and afterwards had departed no one knew whither. [4]
- After a couple of minutes he said, "There, that will do," and the oval broke and came crashing down, and the balls scattered abroad and rolled every whither. [5]
- Yet I knew not whither. [11]
- One day a fierce longing came upon me, I could not help going forth--forth into the wide world, no matter with whom or whither. [10]
- They could have escaped the day before, by ship to San Francisco; but the bars had been put up, now, and they might have to wait weeks before any ship could venture to give them a passage any whither. [5]
- Forth from the city, while it yet slumbered, went the two poor adventurers, wandering they knew not whither. [12]
- Then a hurricane appeared to howl around her, bearing her away she knew not whither. [10]
- But fly whither? [5]
- Whither? [4]
Short sentences using whither
- And whither did he go? [5]
- Whither had she fled? [10]
- Whither had Alexander fled? [10]
- Whither is she bound? [5]
- Whither would'st go? [5]
- Whither art flying? [5]
- And whither? [5]
More example sentences with the word whither in them
- How long have ye dwelt here, and whither are they gone that dwelt here before ye? [5]
- How often they would see Pollux returning from the distant city whither he had probably fled-from Rome, or even from Athens--crowned with laurels and rich in treasure. [10]
- A half-mad woman, without memory, knew again whence she came and whither she was going; and bewildered and happy, with a hungering tenderness, moved her hand over the head of her poor dwarf, as though she would know if he were truly her own son. [11]
- They all went without knowing whither or why they were going. [2]
- He could do with her exactly as he pleased, run her when and whither he chose, and tie her up to the bank whenever his judgment said that that course was best. [5]
- Katterle had gone with Eva to the chamber, whither the older sister followed them. [10]
- Go whither you will, stay away even if I send for you; but"--and here his brow clouded again--"why should I try to be merciful to her from whom I looked for sympathy and kindliness, when she flees from me like the rest? [10]
- Austen walked on; whither, he knew not. [9]
- You will go whither you will find 8. [5]
- They could go whither they pleased, but must not take arms against France again under ten days. [5]
- Could she say whither the winds might blow, where the seed might be planted? [9]
- When I saw whither my footsteps were directed I said nothing, nor did Gabord speak at all. [11]
- She knew not whither her flight might take her, but a voice within declared that it would be to an early grave. [10]
- The members of what had once been an army--Napoleon himself and all his soldiers fled--without knowing whither, each concerned only to make his escape as quickly as possible from this position, of the hopelessness of which they were all more or less vaguely conscious. [2]
- You tell him what day you will start, and whither you are going--leave all the rest to him. [5]
- In the company were two Indians, Machumps and Namontack, whose acquaintance we have before made, returning from England, whither they had been sent by Captain Smith. [4]
- If only he were to bid her be his, she would follow him whither and wherever he desired, whatever Karnis and Herse might say to the contrary. [10]
- Among those who were rich in spirit her brother Philip was certainly one of the richest, and whither had an acute understanding and restless brain led him that they so seldom gave his feelings time to make themselves heard? [10]
- The magnificent train went out of the great court of the palace, and then--as she heard the chanting of priests--she realized that she had lost her crown, and knew whither her faithless brother was proceeding. [10]
- That the flight was to be northwards he was certain; but he had either misunderstood or forgotten the name of the place whither the sisters were bound. [10]
- His friendship, it was like a shady wood-- Whither has he gone?--Who shall speak for us? [11]
- His friendship, it was like a shady wood Whither has he gone?--Who shall speak for us? [11]
- Even while he was flying to her, her gentle spirit might have gone on another flight, whither he could not follow her. [5]
- Moses and Aaron, too, had gone away, taking Hur's grandson with them; but no one had deemed her, who lived and breathed solely for her people and their welfare, worthy to learn whither their journey led or what was its purpose. [10]
- He had already told them yesterday much that was fresh and interesting about the Imperial court; to-day he entered into fuller details of the brilliant life his young lord had led at Constantinople, whither he had accompanied him. [10]
- They came not to the place appointed--knowest thou whither they went? [5]
- And it came to pass after they had loosed me, behold, I took the compass, and it did work whither I desired it. [5]
- He had gone to Narragansett Pier for the summer, whither Farrar had followed him. [9]
- She never sought to know whence the man came; it was sufficient to know whither he had gone, and that he had been hers for a brief dream of life. [11]
- Comyn was taken to his house in Brook Street, Grosvenor Square, in Sir Charles's coach, whither I insisted upon preceding him. [9]
- Where was she to go, whither flee, now that his wrath was turned against her? [9]
- It was unfortunate to be warmly devoted to a master who had no fear, whom he was obliged to serve as a messenger of love, and who now probably scarcely knew himself whither this love would lead him. [10]
- For a long time Tim stood looking at the other, until no sound came from the woods, whither the Pioneers had gone. [11]
- He sojourned some time in Dresden, whither his reputation had preceded him, and where he was cordially and familiarly received, not only by the foreign residents, but at the prim and antiquated little court of King Frederick Augustus and Queen Amalia. [4]
- But Hodder was thinking of that house whither they were bound with a new gratitude, a new wonder that it should exist. [9]
- Ursula had become the wife of the Marchese Anselmo Giustiniani, by special favor of the great council, and had come with him to Egypt, whither he was sent by the Republic as Consul. [10]
- Without giving him the usual greeting, she hastily desired to know what was exciting the people, who had brought the tidings of victory, and whither the multitude was flocking? [10]
- At sight of the strange room and its unaccustomed objects she started up in alarm, wondering how she had been moved from the familiar chamber in which she seemed to have fallen asleep last night, and whither she had been conveyed. [12]
- And there, beyond the purple hills of Bozrah, and not so far as the stony pastures of Zoah, whither John had helped drive the colts and young stock in the spring, might be, perhaps, Jerusalem itself. [4]
- It was concluded that Nell and her grandfather should accompany him to the village whither he was bound, and that he should endeavour to find them some humble occupation by which they could subsist. [12]
- How could they tell from the outside whither the melons were good or not? [5]
- In a confidential talk with my wife she confessed, however, that she couldn't tell whither Margaret was going. [4]
- The sacred cow swarms along, too, and goes whither she pleases, and takes toll of the grain-shops, and is very much in the way, and is a good deal of a nuisance, since she must not be molested. [5]
- When you reach Succoth, if the people have gone before your coming, you will find in the hollow sycamore before Amminadab's house a letter which will tell you whither they have turned their steps. [10]
- Near such a spot as this, and in a pleasant field, the old man and his little guide (if guide she were, who knew not whither they were bound) sat down to rest. [12]
- Sirona was now sitting at her loom in the front room, whither she had been tempted by the sound of approaching hoofs. [10]
- He shrugged his shoulders, which mystified me somewhat, but answered with a ready good-nature that he was likely to be found at that time at Tom's Coffee House, in Birchin Lane near by, whither I went with him. [9]
- It had no sheath and was very rusty, but the priests polished it up and sent it to Tours, whither we were now to come. [5]
- In that moment she was like a seed flying in the storm above the mountain spruces whither, she knew not, cared not. [9]
- Once or twice she felt impelled to ask whither they were taking her, but she had not the power to raise her voice. [10]
- He tried to seem to be looking everywhere but whither he really was looking--down the road. [5]
- Or does her sad spirit wander afar toward the hunting-grounds whither her brave Gobbler-of-the- Lightnings is gone? [5]
- Neither to the right nor to the left, whither he turned his eyes, were there any boundaries to be seen. [10]
- Burlingame had only recently returned from England, whither he had gone on important legal business, which he had agreeably balanced by unguarded adventures in forbidden paths. [11]
- The planter's wife read of it in England, whither she had gone on a visit. [11]
- The architect had presented Dion to the youths as the ghost of a dead man, who, as soon as he was asked whence he came or whither he was going, would be compelled to vanish in the form of a fly. [10]
- Just at the present time many persons of high and low degree were on their way to Cologne, whither the Emperor Maximilian, having been unable to come in April to Trier on the Moselle, had summoned the Reichstag. [10]
- If by any possibility you have managed to take the wrong train, you will be handed over to a polite official who will take you whither you belong and bestow you with many an affable bow. [5]
- In England the poacher is watched, tracked, hunted--he dare not show his face; in Bluff the cat, the weasel, the stoat, and the mongoose go up and down, whither they will, unmolested. [5]
- You shall be perfectly satisfied with me!--But whither am I to conduct Irene? [10]
- We usually pushed out a hundred yards or so from shore, and then lay down on the thwarts, in the sun, and let the boat drift by the hour whither it would. [5]
- I had it on my tongue's tip to ask the captain whither he was taking me, yet dared not intrude on the sorrow that still gripped him. [9]
- The great dance, of which I have already made mention, and whither Ann had agreed to come with us, was the first I should go to with my well-beloved Hans. [10]
- On the altar of Serapis, whither she next went, she found both the vessels, and carried them back to her room. [10]
- The deaconess inquired of Agatha whither she would be taken. [10]
- But the question must be asked; it could not be avoided; so Hendon reined up, and called out-- "I had forgotten to inquire whither we are bound. [5]
- Whether she had missed the old man in the night, and knowing or conjecturing whither he had bent his steps, had gone in pursuit, or whether they had left the house together, they had no means of determining. [12]
- He signed to me and Hans to follow whither he went, and then passionately besought us that we would depart from the dance for a while with him and his sweetheart, that was Ann. [10]
- And you, Mistress Margery, have of a surety known here in the Forest whither a false scent may lead.--Junker Kunz! [10]
- To this they made reply, while Uncle Conrad asked whether I had forgotten his counsels, and whither it was my intent to ride; whereupon I hastily replied: "Under safe guidance, that is to say yours, to follow Ann. [10]
- There was no log that might thereafter record the days and weeks unwinding the coils of an endless chain into that sea whither Philip had gone. [11]
- My whole future life would become a chain of humiliations, and do you know whither this unfortunate marriage would lead? [10]
- She was at Lady Bunbury's drum, whither I had gone in another fruitless chase after Mr. Marmaduke. [9]
- I did not know whither to go or what to do. [5]
- I did not know whence he came; I do not know whither he has gone. [4]
- We left in Jaffa Mr. Adams, his wife, and fifteen unfortunates who not only had no money but did not know where to turn or whither to go. [5]
- It was perhaps in the same spirit that the sad preacher in Ecclesiastes said there is no "knowledge nor wisdom in the grave, whither thou goest. [4]
- He will conceal in the hollow sycamore that stands in front of Amminadab's house a letter which will inform thee whither they will next turn their steps. [10]
- And in truth I was not far from guessing rightly, so I will forthwith set down whither indeed my dear brother's horse had vanished, and by what chance and hap he had fallen into so evil a plight. [10]
- Pinarius Scarpus, with his untouched legions, is in Paraetonium, whither he went. [10]
- Daphne taken from him, he knew not whither nor for how long a time, after he had just been assured of her great love! [10]
- She glanced at him as he sat beside her on the cushions of the flying motor boat, his strange eyes fixed upon the blue mountains of the island whither they were bound, his unruly hair fanned by the wind. [9]
- Fate had dealt him a severe blow also, but grief taught him to turn whither she, too, had directed him. [10]
- From this time Hermon daily urged Erasistratus to grant him entire liberty, but the leech steadfastly refused, though he knew whither his young friend longed to go. [10]
- She wondered whither he was leading. [9]
- In a flash he reflected whither he might fly if he should fail to find this hated couple. [10]
- As for Stephen, he little cared whither they went. [9]
- Nobody knew where he belonged or whither he had gone. [5]
- Unfortunately he has gone to his estate in Kent County, whither I must now follow him. [9]
- Bidding his flag-lieutenant go on to Elizabeth Castle whither they were bound, and await him there, he crossed over to Jean. [11]
- Where they came from, or whither they flow to empty themselves, we cannot always say,--it is enough to enjoy them as they flow by us. [6]
- They were dated from Jena, whither he had gone to complete his studies in jurisprudence. [10]
- It may be freely admitted that no animal is self-conscious, if by this term it is implied, that he reflects on such points, as whence he comes or whither he will go, or what is life and death, and so forth. [1]
- Fall'n Silent, now, for many a Mould'ring Year, O whither are ye flown? [5]
- I saw him first in his brother's house, whither I had been sent on a message from the king, and his likeness to Bartja was so wonderful, that I almost fancied I was looking at an apparition. [10]
- When she had finished her work he thanked her, and inquired whither they were travelling. [12]
- Upon this, Caesar exclaimed: "Let us go whither the omens of the gods and the iniquity of our enemies call us. [5]
- She opened the door, and he told her that meanwhile the side door had been locked, and that he knew no other way out from the great rambling house whither he rarely had occasion to come. [10]
- He must himself decide whither that money must go--and Mr. Stephenson was not doubting that if he was the wrong man he would go honourably and find the right one. [5]
- A burly waterman, considerably exalted with liquor, found himself rudely shoved by Canty in his efforts to plough through the crowd; he laid his great hand on Canty's shoulder and said-- "Nay, whither so fast, friend? [5]
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