Examples of 'either' in a sentence
Meaning of "either"
either (adverb) - used to introduce the first of two or more alternatives. It is used to indicate a choice between two possibilities
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- Any one (of two).
- Each of two; both.
- Any one (of more than two).
- One or the other of two people or things.
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Either upon you or upon the queen.
Response options can be either preventive or reactive.
Either you know this or you do not.
This can be either by your hand or mine.
Either way you will get paid.
You can not go either after dark.
So either they took her completely by surprise.
Power consumption is rated either in wattage or in amperes.
Either he jumped of the roof or fell down.
It does not involve either monogamy or a marriage contract.
Either they overestimated you or they underestimated us.
Minimum intensity if either lamp has failed.
Either action may blow a vehicle fuse.
I do not condemn either one of the three.
You either helped or you kept quiet.
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I have not seen either one of them.
Either they are asleep or there is no one there.
I never thought either marriage would last.
Either she had to do it herself or nobody would.
Balanced objects can be either symmetrical or asymmetrical.
Either way he would not have made it.
Tone operates in either continuity or status modes.
Either way you are set for life.
The levels are either too low or nonexistent.
Either she tore it down or someone else did.
Which meant everybody was either drunk or working on it.
All were either achieved or show substantial progress.
Terje will not have a problem either.
Items are either menu labels or parameter names.
The people do not want that either.
We are either dealing with money or sex here.
I do not imagine anybody else will be either.
You are either with someone or you are not.
There is no need for either of you to die.
You either loved him or you did not.
I doubt that will be either interesting or useful.
Either it comes off on schedule or not at all.
A very large percentage are either unemployed or underemployed.
Use either of the following high resolutions.
That idea can be either good or harmful.
Either that or he went up in smoke with the house.
Most of them were either traditional or combined census.
Either party may terminate the contract.
No appointment either for the same reasons.
Nothing concrete happened that day either.
All of us either opposed this or did not know of it.
She can not wait for me to be gone either.
It was a safeguard against either of us betraying the other.
We can not contact the victim either.
Project financial reports were either inaccurate or missing.