How to Use hence in a Sentence

hence

adverb
  • What will life be like a century hence?
  • He knew he could not win the election—hence his decision to withdraw.
  • The company lost a great deal of money. Hence, the CEO was asked to resign.
  • The place can by tricky to find, hence the name.
    — Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 15 Apr. 2026
  • McBride is aware of that, hence her pain.
    — Ben Pickman, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The head can be pink or orange, hence their name.
    — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 10 June 2026
  • Rolls that are light as a feather, hence the name.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 June 2026
  • The idea came from his mother-in-law, hence the catchy name.
    — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2026
  • But if hence thou dost me chase, Luck will ne’er come near the place.
    — Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Google is starting with video, hence the swap with Veo.
    — ArsTechnica, 19 May 2026
  • The head is wide and appears flattened, hence the name.
    — Ken Perrotte, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
  • The soil level of my single shirt was low, hence the changes.
    — Ebenezer Samuel, Men's Health, 12 Sep. 2022
  • The first draft was a little bit cuckoo, hence my headspace.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Home run bets are challenging bets to hit, hence the record.
    — Josh Shepardson, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • That leaves a film of dirt and soap, hence the discoloration.
    — Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2022
  • These are easy to shell too—the string on the pod acts like a zipper, hence the name.
    — Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2023
  • The show will be part talk series, part culinary fun, hence the name.
    — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 30 Aug. 2022
  • The inside of its mouth is white and looks like cotton, hence the moniker.
    — William Axford, Houston Chronicle, 9 Jan. 2018
  • His rarely hits the ball on the ground to the left side of the infield, hence the wild shifts.
    — Jeff Wilson, star-telegram, 13 June 2018
  • Chicago has one of the flattest — and hence fastest — marathons in the world.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2022
  • One of the specialties on her menu is wild salmon (hence the place's name).
    — Tomeka Jones, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 2024
  • The squash flesh becomes stringy when cooked and looks a lot like spaghetti; hence the name.
    — Stacey Hugues, Verywell Health, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Once it's reached, the block closes and links to the block before it, hence the chain.
    — Devika Rao, The Week, 15 Dec. 2022
  • This means that the heat around your body gets trapped, hence the overheating and night sweats.
    — Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping, 28 Apr. 2022
  • Make sure to keep a straight line in your body from your head to your heels like a stiff board—hence the name plank!
    — Amber Sayer, Outside Online, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Pinky knows this, hence her genuine tears with the lawyer, though sometimes the mask starts to drop.
    — Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Ages and ages hence, as Frost wrote, that will make all the difference.
    — Elliott Millenson, STAT, 22 Apr. 2020
  • The seal was a key feature of the old flag, hence the pressure for changing both.
    — Steve Karnowski, Fortune, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Picked up on a receiver, these waves have a whistlelike tone, hence the name.
    — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 27 Feb. 2026
  • The former folds open like a book, and the latter folds over like an old flip phone (hence the name).
    — Lauren Goode, Wired, 13 Aug. 2021

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