How to Use wherewithal in a Sentence

wherewithal

noun
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  • He doesn't have the wherewithal to finish what he started.
  • A project as big as this requires a lot of financial wherewithal.
  • Most people don't have the wherewithal to dress like that. ...
    — Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 2 June 2023
  • The nurses also have the wherewithal to hold their ground.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 23 Apr. 2021
  • The job offer exists for those who may not have the wherewithal to do so right away.
    — Shari Rudavsky, The Indianapolis Star, 5 May 2021
  • Even with his family in hiding, Aaron found the wherewithal to take the field and focus on the task ahead of him.
    — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2021
  • The people being interviewed are in a state of shock and don’t have the wherewithal to stop the reporters.
    — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 18 July 2022
  • The Heat lack the wherewithal for such a pitch, lacking tradeable assets and drafts picks.
    — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 24 Aug. 2021
  • Not all households have the wherewithal to prepare themselves for the worst.
    — New York Times, 23 Aug. 2022
  • It’s about homeowners who don’t have the wherewithal to fight back.
    — Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2020
  • Whether Musk has the wherewithal to do the deal is another question.
    — Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2022
  • The Heat certainly will have the wherewithal to bring Goran Dragic back.
    — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 2 May 2021
  • In the other: Schools without the wherewithal and willpower.
    — Jon Wilner | , oregonlive, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Some who have the wherewithal are choosing to stay while also choosing to go.
    — New York Times, 27 Aug. 2021
  • My mother taught at a school where some children had only one set of clothes for school and the parent didn’t have the wherewithal to wash them.
    — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2023
  • And his endorsement will test the degree to which the former president has the wherewithal to lead them.
    — New York Times, 30 July 2022
  • The fact that David Simon and Ed Burns had the wherewithal to bring these people in as consultants and then put them on the show — has it ever been done?
    — Vulture, 7 July 2022
  • May God continue to bless and smile upon you, and give you the wherewithal and strength to continue to fight for your freedom.
    — Emily Dixon, Marie Claire, 2 July 2021
  • People should have the wherewithal and talent to write something for women stand-alone.
    — Marc Malkin, Variety, 13 Feb. 2022
  • Not many people have the wherewithal to go to court, and certainly not many Black Southerners in 1955 did.
    — Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
  • Having the wherewithal to throw yourself a party is a promising sign.
    — New York Times, 19 July 2021
  • At the moment, the Heat do not have the wherewithal to sign one of their camp neophytes without going into the luxury tax.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2022
  • Our objective must be to degrade the cartels to the point that Mexican governments can muster the will and the wherewithal to keep them in check.
    — William P. Barr, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2023
  • But McGowan said the grants needed to fund this work are scarce, and often the communities most in need don’t have the wherewithal to apply.
    — Sarah Kaplan, Anchorage Daily News, 2 July 2021
  • The notion that politicians, celebrities and the like have the wherewithal to rebut negative press has deep grounding in case law.
    — Erik Wemple, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2023
  • But not all of us have the inclination or the wherewithal to shower ourselves with Testarossas or Corvettes or even MR2s.
    — Kevin Smith, Car and Driver, 4 Mar. 2023
  • So it is not limited to just the big, powerful ones that have a lot of money or have the wherewithal to develop their own tools.
    — Quartz Staff, Quartz, 26 May 2023
  • One of the joys of getting older, for me, has been finding the wherewithal to evade those boxes, to embrace the gray areas, to float without an anchor.
    — Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2023
  • In between four Nuggets, Garland somehow corralled the rebound and had the wherewithal to kick it out to Markkanen for an open 3-pointer.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 19 Mar. 2022
  • Start with Fields’ feel in the pocket, his wherewithal to feel pressure at the right moment and to react instinctively.
    — Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2022

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