or else

Example Sentences

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"They gnaw everything except metal. Because of the mice, we had to eat all food products except canned food quickly, or else the mice would destroy them all."

From BBC • May 17, 2026

The company needs “a compelling new iPhone offering this year,” he said, or else it “could see declining iPhone sales starting at some point in the fourth quarter.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

Answer: Mr. Musk announced his own $25 billion chip-manufacturing plant in Texas, called the Terafab, or else “we don’t have the chips. And we need the chips.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

“We have to protect it or else we lose the art form.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

I think he might have been a bit hard of hearing, or else he just liked shouting at people.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson