somehow or other

Example Sentences

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“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

“That turned out to be a topic of national and global concern. None of the three of us knew or expected that. So somehow or other, we just stumbled onto the zeitgeist.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 7, 2023

Then we'd face the walls in the hallway, sit down and put our heads between our legs — that was supposed to protect us, somehow or other, from a Soviet nuclear bomb.

From Salon • Nov. 3, 2022

“But somehow or other, I’ve just dealt with it and then kept on going.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 30, 2022

So somehow or other we must find the Ford of Bruinen.’

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien