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Sentence examples for were what from inspiring English sources

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were what

adverb

In some manner or degree; in part; partly; usually followed by with.

  • What with singing and joking, the time passed quickly.

synonyms

such

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His photographs were — what?

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The New York Times - Arts

"What were what?" "These trees.

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The New Yorker

Treatments were what interested me.

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The New York Times

Desserts were what he loved.

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The New York Times

Names were what they wanted.

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The New York Times

"There, you really were what you did.

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The New York Times

They were what brought you here.

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The New Yorker

The internal tumors were what mattered.

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"What we were... what we became".

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The New Yorker

That meant they were… what?

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That meant they were... what?

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