In court facing charges of obscenity, the American actress Mae West was asked by the judge if she was trying to show disrespect to the court, whereupon she answered, "No, your honor, I'm trying not to show it".
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Whereupon
//ˌ(h)wɛrəˈpɑn//
Synonyms for "whereupon" (23 found)
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Related words (11)
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1 entriesRelated terms
202 entriesShowing 16 of 202 words.
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2 entriesrelated to
2 entriesTranslations
51 translations across 15 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- عِنْدَئِذٍ conj (after which)
Bulgarian
2 entries- вследствие на което conj (in consequence of which)
- след това conj (after which)
Catalan
3 entries- amb què conj (in consequence of which)
- depuis conj (after which)
- després que conj (after which)
Danish
3 entries- hvorefter conj (after which)
- hvorpå conj (after which)
- hvorpå conj (upon something)
Dutch
3 entries- waardoor conj (in consequence of which)
- waarna conj (in consequence of which)
- waarop conj (after which)
Finnish
3 entries- jolla conj (upon something)
- jolloin conj (after which)
- joten conj (in consequence of which)
French
4 entries- après quoi conj (after which)
- sur laquelle conj (upon something)
- sur lequel conj (upon something)
- sur quoi conj (in consequence of which)
Hungarian
4 entries- amelyen conj (upon something)
- amelyre conj (upon something)
- amikor conj (after which)
- amikor is conj (after which)
Italian
4 entries- al che conj (in consequence of which)
- al qual punto conj (after which)
- al qual punto conj (in consequence of which)
- dopo di che conj (in consequence of which)
Latin
3 entries- quo conj (in consequence of which)
- quō conj (after which)
- rentur conj (in consequence of which)
Māori
1 entries- heoi conj (after which)
Polish
1 entries- po czym conj (after which)
Portuguese
3 entries- ao que conj (after which)
- ao que conj (in consequence of which)
- do que conj (in consequence of which)
Spanish
4 entries- con lo cual conj (after which)
- con lo cual conj (in consequence of which)
- tras lo cual conj (after which)
- tras lo cual conj (in consequence of which)
Swedish
4 entries- därefter conj (after which)
- efteråt conj (after which)
- varefter conj (after which)
- varpå conj (after which)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
Tom rubbed the stone that the good fairy had given him, whereupon he turned into a squirrel and could escape to freedom through the bars of the prison window with ease.
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The little fair-haired lad took a big pin out of his pocket, and stuck it into the back of the Irishman's coat without his noticing it, whereupon he fell sound asleep.
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The grasshopper chirped from her bosom, as if in gratitude for its deliverance, and Chloe on hearing it screamed again; whereupon Daphnis laughed, and took the little chatterer from its hiding-place.
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