WHEREABOUTS in a Sentence

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For WHEREABOUTS, below is one of 18 sentences:
Up to a late hour last night, however, nothing had transpired as to the whereabouts of the missing lady.

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 Meanings and Examples of WHEREABOUTS
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
whereabouts
 n.  the general location where something is
Classic Sentence:
1  Nothing is known of the whereabouts of Stangerson.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
2  There was no clue at all, however, as to their whereabouts.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
3  For some weeks nothing was known of her whereabouts, then the pigeons reported that they had seen her on the other side of Willingdon.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter V
4  I wonder whereabouts they will upset to-day.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
5  Up to a late hour last night, however, nothing had transpired as to the whereabouts of the missing lady.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOBLE BACHELOR
6  His brother, who usually works with him, has not appeared in this job as far as can at present be ascertained, although the police are making energetic inquiries as to his whereabouts.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IV. The Adventure of The Stockbroker's Clerk
7  When father died, we were left very poor, but one day we were told that there was an advertisement in the TIMES, inquiring for our whereabouts.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IV. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SOLITARY CYCLIST
8  I skimmed around for the watchman, a-wondering whereabouts he slept; and by and by I found him roosting on the bitts forward, with his head down between his knees.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII.
9  Franz and Albert had brought to Rome letters of introduction to them, and their first question on his arrival was to inquire the whereabouts of his travelling companion.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 37. The Catacombs of Saint Sebastian.
10  Of Silverton's whereabouts there had been no mention.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 2
11  The former was heard to threaten the latter with informing his master of his whereabouts.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
12  There was no one in the quaint old drawing-room, though it presented tokens of Mrs. Heep's whereabouts.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 39. WICKFIELD AND HEEP
Example Sentence:
1  The police are anxious to hear from anyone who may know the whereabouts of the firearms.
2  This long wait for news of my son's whereabouts has set my nerves on edge.
3  The present whereabouts of the manuscript is unknown.
4  She has refused to reveal the whereabouts of her daughter.
5  He showed great reluctance to reveal his whereabouts.
6  Her whereabouts have been shrouded in secrecy since she received the death threat.