or else
Example Sentences
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The pressure to make precisely the right choice — or else — is what’s gotten society’s bedsheets in a twist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Individual choice must count for something, or else why bother building a career at all?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
However, as C.K.’s supporters love to point out, he was never charged with anything, and even he knows he’d better mind that gap or else.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026
I think he procrastinates because he either doesn’t want to run errands for his 93-year-old mother or else he needs to pick up his mail.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 6, 2026
“I’ll be back for you all in a couple of hours. Katie, Jean, you girls mind Mama or else it’ll be your hide when we get home.”
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
