Sentence examples for whomever but from inspiring English sources

The direct object of "attacked" is not "whomever" but the entire relative clause: "attacked whoever answered".

The same rules apply to "whoever" and "whomever," but constructions like this one seem to puzzle us often.

(The object of the preposition "for" is not the pronoun "whomever" but the entire relative clause, "whoever won the election").

The object of the preposition is not "whomever," but rather the entire relative clause — "on whoever is at hand".

JAMES SUROWIECKI: I think the key idea is that what the Fed is doing is not giving money to the banks (or whomever), but instead it's buying long-term government bonds.

That means no union regulations, the luxury of short runs so performances don't deteriorate, the independence to hire whomever, but also something easier to overlook for American cultural advocates envious of state largess.

But whomever they choose is up to to them.

I know that brides can invite whomever they wish, but this hurts my feelings.

They entered and soon emerged with a confiscated computer, but whomever they hoped to find inside was not there.

At first the company grew so quickly that it employed not only friends and family, but whomever Ms. Wilson happened to meet and like.

"Tony Abbott is entitled to talk to whomever he likes but we arrived at this position for a plebiscite at his behest," he said.