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Example sentences for "where were"

  • O where were ye, my guid grey hound, That I paid for sae dear, Ye didna waken me frae my sleep When my true love was sae near?

  • O where were ye, my gay goss-hawk, That I paid for sae dear, That ye woudna waken me out o my sleep When ye saw my love near?

  • Where were ye, my berry-brown steed, That I paid for sae dear, That ye woudna waken me out o my sleep When my love was sae near?

  • O where were ye, my milk-white steed, That I hae coft sae dear, That wadna watch and waken me When there was maiden here?

  • Two miles further was a settlement of Barr and Davenport's, where were three of our lost horses; one mile further found two more of our horses, where we halted for dinner.

  • And the multitudes of disciples and enthusiasts who had scattered sweet-scented boughs and joyous utterances along the road to Sion, blessing Him that came in the name of the Lord--where were they, what thinking and why silent?

  • The bands at the humble and poor, of the afflicted and outcast who had entrusted to His controlling grace the salvation of soul and body--where were they, what thinking and why silent?

  • The troops of women and youths, who had drawn fresh strength from the spell of a glance or a word from the Father of all that liveth--where were they, what thinking and why silent?

  • Where were they, what thinking and why silent?

  • The same week we went to an Indian king's cabin, where were several of the Indians, with whom we had a good opportunity to discourse; and they carried themselves very lovingly.

  • Next day we had a meeting, six or seven miles further, at Abraham Birkhead's, where were many of the magistrates and upper sort; and the speaker of the assembly for that country was convinced.

  • On a lecture-day I was moved to go to the steeple-house at Ulverstone, where were abundance of professors, priests, and people.

  • The next point of greater interest to me was Libby Prison, where were confined a great number of the officers captured at Bull Run.

  • My days in the Capitol at that time were usually spent in the gallery of the Senate, where were to be seen and heard the great leaders on both sides.

  • He informs us that the King left Rheims on Thursday the 21st of July, and dined, supped, and lay at the Abbey of St. Nanuol that night, where were brought to him the keys of the city of Laon.

  • In those long hours, amid the noise of the guards within and the garrison around, how she must have thought, over and over again, where were they?

  • Where were you on the 19th day of July--Thursday?

  • Where were you at the time of the riots in July last?

  • Where were you at the time General Brinton's troops came up there?

  • During the night of Thursday, where were you?

  • Then he asked, where were we domiciled--and I said Sicily.

  • Where were we going and where had we been and where did we live?

  • Where had we come from, where were we going, what for?

  • I saw the same English latitude in dress at the theatre in Montreal, where were assembled, with other ladies, many of the wives, daughters, and sweethearts of the English officers.

  • Where were they in relation to the President at that time?

  • O where were ye, my gay goss-hawk That I paid for sae dear, That ye woudna waken me out o' my sleep When ye saw my love near?

  • O where were ye, my merry young men That I pay meat and fee, That ye woudna waken me out o' my sleep When my love ye did see?

  • Where were ye, my bony brown steed, That I paid for sae dear, That ye woudna waken me out o' my sleep When my love was sae near?

  • O where were ye my guid grey hound, That I paid for sae dear, Ye didna waken me frae my sleep When my true love was sae near?

  • On Monday, April 13, I dined with Johnson at Mr. Langton's, where were Dr.

  • We passed along through wide gateways and into a paved semicircular courtyard, where were drawn up carriages with bands of yellow or red or blue across the door.

  • The police--we have police--where were they?

  • Where were you on the night of June twenty-eight?

  • Well, then, where were you on the night of the assassination?

  • At the time the man was standing at X in this picture, at this location, which is shown in 521, where were you?

  • Where were you on that day commencing with, say, around noon or so?

  • Now, Mr. Callaway, around 1:15 or so of that day, where were you?


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "where were" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    filter paper; raking fire; regional commission; seemed good; shall neither; social system; that with; triumphal arches; twenty inches; wedded life; where also; where applicable; where busy; where else; where have you been; where late; where the public mind shall rest; where they; where they were joined; where thou; whereas the; whereas those; whereby they; wherefore they; wherever found; wherever they