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

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

“She has worked hard to develop personal relationships with people that frankly, somehow or other, have a view of her as a person and another view of her role,” says a former ambassador.

From Washington Post • Nov. 20, 2020

I decided that somehow or other we would have to work out a compromise, a way that we could both live in the valley even though not as friends.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien