Whom

Examples

• Her lover was no longer to her an exciting man whom many women strove for, and herself could only retain by striving with them. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Love covers a multitude of sins, and of whom could you ask more freely than of him? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Such the decree of the High Ruler from whom there is no appeal: to whom I submit. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• I said, Find out whom you are, and you shall have my daughter. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• He always kept so far from me that I could not clearly see his face, but it was certainly someone whom I did not know. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Oh, Frankenstein, be not equitable to every other, and trample upon me alone, to whom thy justice, and even thy clemency and affection, is most due. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Mortimer again turned to the informer, to whom he said: 'You have been troubled in your mind a long time, man? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• It was the work of this brutal ruffian whom he had the misfortune to employ. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Whom do you mean, ma'am? Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• The rapidity with which he insisted on travelling, bred several disputes between him and the party whom he had hired to attend him as a guard. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Like some other mothers, whom I have known in the course of my life, Mrs. Markleham was far more fond of pleasure than her daughter was. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Nay, there are persons in Middlemarch to whom I could go; although they don't know much of me, they would believe me. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Whom none of us believe, my dear Mrs. Bounderby, and who do not believe themselves. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• He knew of no one but Mrs. Goddard to whom he could apply for information of her relations or friends. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Indeed Captain Rawdon himself was much more affected at the leave-taking than the resolute little woman to whom he bade farewell. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The Hindu priest is a part of the family life of his flock, between whom and himself the tie has existed for many generations. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Paul, then, might dance with whom he would--and woe be to the interference which put him out of step. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I was with an equal--one with whom I might argue--one whom, if I saw good, I might resist. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The Captain did not in the least hear him or look at the stout gentleman in the nightcap, about whom he professed to have such a tender interest. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• But, to return to our friends, whom we left wiping their eyes, and recovering themselves from too great and sudden a joy. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• He had three wounded Russians in the Palace Hotel for whom he was responsible. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Name whom you will, in the fiend's name, and please yourselves. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• The only person I know who exactly answers your description, and for whom as a poor deserted orphan it would be a charity to provide, is in Paris. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The man to whom Pilar spoke was short and heavy, brownfaced, with broad cheekbones; gray haired, with wide-set yellowbrown eyes, a thin-bridged, hooked nose like an Indian's, a long Upper lip and a wide, thin mouth. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Penelope Betteredge (the only one of the women with whom I was on friendly terms) passed, and noticed what I was about. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• She was soon in the room, and recommended that Arthur, whom she had left calm and composed, should not be visited that night. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Bob, as your friend no doubt, stands up for you, whom he must so often hear abused. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Lydgate was in love with this actress, as a man is in love with a woman whom he never expects to speak to. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Mrs. Dashwood then begged to know to whom she was obliged. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• One of whom I am about to speak. Plato. The Republic.

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