whose
/huːz/ particle A1- Of whom, belonging to whom; which person's or people's. · Whose (wallet) is this?· We should buy a house. ~ With whose money?
- Of whom, belonging to whom. · This is the man whose dog caused the accident.· Venus, whose sister is Serena, won the latest championship.
- Of which, belonging to which. · We saw several houses whose roofs were falling off.
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In the former were many good paintings: but Elizabeth knew nothing of the art; and from such as had been already visible below, she had willingly turned to look at some drawings of Miss Darcy’s, in crayons, whose subjects were usually more interesting, and also more intelligible.
Elizabeth walked on in quest of the only face whose features would be known to her.
The feast had been made ready on the second floor at La Réserve, with whose arbor the reader is already familiar.
Morrel appeared and was saluted with an enthusiastic burst of applause from the crew of the Pharaon, who hailed the visit of the shipowner as a sure indication that the man whose wedding feast he thus delighted to honor would ere long be first in command of the ship; and as Dantès was universally beloved on board his vessel, the sailors put no restraint on their tumultuous joy at finding that the opinion and choice of their superiors so exactly coincided with their own.
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