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How to use whit in a sentence

13 example sentences · noun

Whit means the smallest part or particle imaginable; an iota. Example: “That American fortune was not to be sneezed at, nor was its possessor a whit less attractive.”

Examples of whit by meaning

nounThe smallest part or particle imaginable; an iota.

  • That American fortune was not to be sneezed at, nor was its possessor a whit less attractive.1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 109
  • In conclusion, I would remark that the great railway stations of London deserve to be visited every whit as much as St.1944 July and August, “London Railway Stations in 1893”, in Railway Magazine, page 201, taken from The English Illustrated Magazine of June...

More sentences with whit

  • Mister Jorge Vidal Casas wose friendly , hospitalary whit you ?2007, Marianne du Toit, Crying with Cockroaches: Argentina to New York with Two Horses, Liendi Publishing, →ISBN, page 76. From the entry hospitalary
  • I will speak whit a tenniswoman please can you me whrit .1999 November 7, etienne.wala, “VIDEOS OF GREAT TENNIS MATCHES”, in alt.video.tape-trading (Usenet), retrieved 17 Apr 2022. From the entry tenniswoman
  • During my tomboyish childhood, I could eat anything I wanted without plumping my stickperson frame one whit.1995, Suzann Ledbetter, I Have Everything I Had Twenty Years Ago, Except Now Itʼs All Lower, New York, N.Y.: Crown Publishers, Inc.…. From the entry stickperson
  • "I've aphorismed my heart out and relationships have not improved one whit, it seems."1979, Arthur Herzog, “President AALCE”, in Glad to Be Here (His America Series; II), [United States]: [Leslie Mandel Enterprises?]…. From the entry aphorism
  • It ate it ev'ry bit, it feezed it not a whit, and the appetite was keener still.1903, George Ade, The Sultan of Sulu: An Original Satire in Two Acts, page 8. From the entry feeze
  • 'You guys getting mad wae it on Friday, or whit?'2014, Kevin Bridges, We Need to Talk About ... Kevin Bridges, London: Michael Joseph Ltd, →ISBN, page 262. From the entry mad with it
  • On a stork whit multiple fractures which was later euthanasiated, some anatomic and histology observation were made on the esophagus.2009, V Rus, V Miclaus, GC Nadas, D Cadar, “STRUCTURAL PARTICULARITIES OF THE WHITE STORK (CICONIA CICONIA) ESOPHAGUS.”, in Annals of the…. From the entry euthanasiate
  • I have a cluster (mscs) whit 2 nodes running iis6.2004 November 4, jcallero, “iis6, odbc and mscs”, in microsoft.public.inetserver.iis (Usenet), archived from the original on 03 Jul 2026. From the entry tnks
  • The mushy roads, the prancing snowhorses, the treacherous patches of ice on the highway, bothered him not a whit.1951 January 27, Ray Nelson, “Beautiful Calm of the Children”, in The Herald-Journal, volume 42, number 43, Logan, Ut., page 2, column 1. From the entry snowhorse
  • Language no whit worse than his.1922 February 2, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC. From the entry quarrons
  • Paul is not a whit behind any of the apostles, or “Pastor Emerituses,” and is ready to meet all things on all occasions.1903, Peter Albert Petrie, “Christianity and Creeds”, in “Ye Shall Know the Truth, and the Truth Shall Make You Free.”, Cincinnati, Oh.…. From the entry emeritus

Meaning of whit

  1. noun The smallest part or particle imaginable; an iota.

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Questions about whit in a sentence

How do you use whit in a sentence?
Whit is used as a noun. For example: “That American fortune was not to be sneezed at, nor was its possessor a whit less attractive.”
What is a short sentence with whit?
“Language no whit worse than his.”
What does whit mean?
Whit means the smallest part or particle imaginable; an iota.

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