or else

Example Sentences

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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

"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

Most members of his Cabinet were forced out under pressure — fired, in other words — or else they resigned in protest.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026

When big tech predicts that everyone will need AI systems to future-proof their businesses, it is effectively telling people to invest in AI, or else.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

His straining faculties manufactured or else picked up a haunted, tongueless fear, by someone retreating from him, someone blown back to the farthest wall of the apartment in an attempt to evade him.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick