How to pronounce whence
Listen to whence in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“whence” in real sentences
73 clips in the index · 3 American · 5 British · 1 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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from whence ye are digged."
Light and Truth · hear it here
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However, I understand whence that comes.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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Whence comes the ebb and flow of the tide?
TED · hear it here
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life in the real world, to go back to the wild from whence they came.
60 Minutes · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of whence. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.