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How to use what with in a sentence

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She's not been at her best recently what with one thing and another, so it's your job to cheer her up a bit.
In Viking days, there were probably mutterings about how mean and amoral life had become, what with all that raping, pillaging and so forth.
I was bit muzzy in town, what with the sickness, but what I really noticed above all else in town was the smell.
The two Alexandres initially sought out a larger, industrial space, but what with zoning laws and such, they came up snake eyes.
She was inclined to believe her, what with their unwomanly behavior in his presence.
There was an explosion going on, what with the Italian neo-realists and the French Nouvelle Vague.
Saturday was a bit of a sleep in, what with all the wine and vodka from the night before.
She didn't have nowheres else to go, what with her being an orphan like me, so Rachel's ma kept him from letting her go.
But all in all, what with the weather and a degree of jadedness occasioned by a bit of sleep disturbance, it's not been a thrilling day.
If the police were chasing the grey car, it was highly irresponsible, what with it being rush hour.
There are to many pressures on young girls what with adverts depicting women as thin size 8 waisted sticks as beautiful and glamorous.
It's been quite a strenuous twenty-four hours, what with one thing and another.
I like my subject, but what with one thing and another I'm a bit overwhelmed here, and I could really do with some help.
It was embarrassing, what with a gathering crowd of sailors looking on, catcalling.
Anyway, what with all these musty old cellars there was a bit of a rat problem.
Not that I blame anyone, what with the way the NHS is underfunded and staff are overworked.
And then there are the clams themselves, what with their icky clam foot sticking out of their shell like a tongue of a lecherous mutant.
You could of course say he was doing them a favour, what with royalties and all.
Besides, being outside was much better, what with Pacific trade winds conditioning our air.
Of course, all my ponderings are purely academic, what with my confirmed bachelor status.
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Examples from Classical Literature
But, what with the heat and with heaviness of spirit, he did not notice her depression until he rose.
But after a skirmish or two, what with the roads and what with the enemy, our horses were foundered and useless.
There was much to do out of the house also, what with the cows and the garden and the glebe.
Poor auld Martha, she hed a sad bout of it, she hed, what with father and son.
It has kep' me unprejudiced, what with owning orchards in both ends of the State.
For what with the routs and the tea drinkings the city is monstrously gay.
I was too faint, what with my long fast and the sun beating down on my bare head, to offer any assistance.
The thing appeared to be some variety of pterodactyl, and what with its enormous size and ferocious aspect was most awe-inspiring.
This is a laconic composition, though a theatrical one, what with its intensely colored lampion fruit and dreamy sentimentality.
But what with wind and fog and rain it was a disheartening business.
She was not herself, of course, what with strain and weariness.
Her half-brother had now ample means again, but what with debts and what with new madness wasted them most fearfully again.
But what with factories, and pollutions, and high civilizations of one sort and another, English canal water ain't fit to sprinkle on a lady, much less for her to drink.
By dawn, what with the rowing of the fishermen, we made the Marin Islands.
So what with working and housekeeping, and lessons to Charley, and backgammon in the evening with my guardian, and duets with Ada, the three weeks slipped fast away.
Moreover, what with the harsh, cold weather over the winter months, stylish occasionwear is not complete without a bolero or shrug to keep you looking hot.
I had made rather an evening of it, what with increase of funds and decrease of anxiety, but this cryptic admonition spoiled the remainder of my night.
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