somehow or other
Example Sentences
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Ordering him to pay up is somehow or other equivalent to being killed in an arctic gulag.
From Salon • Feb. 21, 2024
“The needs are too great. And if we pass a strong package with strong bipartisan support, it will importune the House somehow or other to act, despite the morass they are in.”
From Washington Times • Oct. 16, 2023
“I have as brave a heart as Julius Caesar ever had,” says the soldier of Lincoln’s telling, “but, somehow or other, whenever danger approaches, my cowardly legs will run away with it.”
From Seattle Times • Oct. 15, 2021
But the study clearly demonstrates that somehow or other, European’s inflammatory responses to pathogens did change dramatically during the Neolithic, Lachance says.
From Science Magazine • Sep. 6, 2021
Word would get out somehow or other, and Judd would see David Howard or Mike Wells walking his dog, and then the war would really start.
From "Shiloh" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
