How to Use where in a Sentence

where

adverb
Definition of wherenext
Synonyms for wherenext
  • Where did you hear that?
  • Where did you meet her?
  • I don't know where that came from.
  • Do you know where we're going?
  • Where is she taking us?
  • Where do the two candidates disagree on the issue?
  • Where does the story get interesting?
  • Where can I find books about gardening?
  • It’s not clear where the Democrats stand on the cost of their plan.
    — Susan Ferrechio, Washington Examiner, 12 Aug. 2020
  • This has to be the only truck on the market where most of the bed is behind the rear axle.
    — Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, 10 July 2019
  • It’s to the point right now where our bench is not very deep anymore.
    — Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 1 Oct. 2022
  • It’s not a place where a human would want to be for very long.
    — Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 July 2021
  • So these were ones where there were more people that went.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 29 Apr. 2022
  • But there is a sort of fail rate during the stream as well where stuff can go wrong....
    — Alexei Barrionuevo, Billboard, 1 Oct. 2020
  • Got to go where the people who do the dry-cleaning are.
    — Patrick Danner, ExpressNews.com, 13 Aug. 2020
  • The disagreement arises in how to tell them where the food is.
    — Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2020
  • Like a dinner where the main course is wild game, this item packed a punch.
    — Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 25 Dec. 2021
  • That would leave it to courts to decide where the election lines should go.
    — Molly Beck, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2021
  • The rest of his family is in Kyiv, where he was born and raised.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 27 Feb. 2022
  • The plant installed a tent outside where workers could go to spread out.
    — Sky Chadde and Rachel Axon, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2021
  • Second, there’s the question of where to bring a lawsuit.
    — Nicholas Florko, STAT, 28 June 2022
  • Finding out where these wells are and a funding shortfall to plug them.
    — Abby Smith, Washington Examiner, 5 Apr. 2021
  • Leigh and Staley just want to know where their sister is.
    — Veronica Fulton, NBC News, 2 Oct. 2022
  • Not sure where to start with your beauty buys this season?
    — Talia Abbas, Glamour, 27 Nov. 2020
  • No matter where the day takes you, this dress will rise to the occasion.
    — Karla Pope, Woman's Day, 24 May 2022
  • That was the fifth-grade classroom where Cosmo found snacks.
    — Lizzy Acker, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Dec. 2021
  • The old style where everybody can be happy, shake hands and laugh is gone.
    — Hunter Woodall, kansascity, 22 Feb. 2018
  • Most pine tree species come from distant places where the soil is acid and rocky or sandy rather than clay.
    — Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 25 Dec. 2021
  • Two shops now compete for business where his once stood.
    — New York Times, 26 June 2022
  • It’s the step where names are called and actions of these two-plus seasons are assessed.
    — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 24 Oct. 2021

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