Whither

Examples

• They lifted him up, and he was overjoyed to find that they were about to take him in the direction whither the star seemed to him to lead. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Whither we rambled, I scarce knew. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I might have led that old man whither I would. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• He dismounted, and giving his horse to his servant, walked back with them to Barton, whither he was purposely coming to visit them. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• He told me that I was going on in a very bad way, and asked me whither I expected to go? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Whither does this lead? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The door opening immediately into it, I found myself among them before I considered whither I was going. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Sir, said Mr. Helstone, collecting all his dignity--sir, the great knowledge of man is to know himself, and the bourne whither his own steps tend. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The woman raised her; she led her under shelter, she entreated her to return to her home, whither perhaps I had already returned. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• We moved on--I was not at all conscious whither--but at some turn we suddenly encountered another party approaching from the opposite direction. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Why, or whither, none can tell. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Whither will that spirit--now struggling to quit its material tenement--flit when at length released? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Should he continue to write to her from Paris, whither the army was marching? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• They rushed into the kitchen, whither the truants had repaired, and at once obtained rather more than a glimmering of the real state of the case. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Whither indeed? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Indeed, nobody wanted poor old Rawdon at the parties whither Becky used to go. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Before I come on board your vessel, said he, will you have the kindness to inform me whither you are bound? Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• When--how--whither, I could not yet discern; but he himself, I doubted not, would hurry me from Thornfield. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• 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. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Whither, said Rebecca, and for what purpose? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• He was not at the palace; and, though the attendants did not know whither he had gone, they did not expect him till late at night. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• He grudged the time lost between Piccadilly and his old haunt at the Slaughters', whither he drove faithfully. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The therns have ofttimes wondered whither you had flown, since you had neither taken the pilgrimage, nor could be found upon the face of Barsoom. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Knowing all this,--and still always going on with infinite endurance, pains, and perseverance, could his dark soul doubt whither he went? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• In the university, whither I was going, I must form my own friends, and be my own protector. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Whither to take her was the next puzzle. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• He transacted the business of the day apart from her; he went out, she knew not whither. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Whence can it come, whither can it go? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• It might be but a will-o'-th'-wisp, but he thought he would follow it and ascertain whither it would lead him. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• As to Mr. Harthouse, whither _he_ tended, he neither considered nor cared. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.

Edited by Cathryn