EITHER in a Sentence

Learn EITHER from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
334 example sentences for EITHER, such as:
1. A man is either free or he is not.
2. Don't agree, but don't argue either.
3. But the men did not go unscathed either.
4. A man alone is either a saint or a devil.
5. You can vote either in person or by proxy.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of EITHER
either
 ad.  after a negative statement used as an intensive meaning something like `likewise' or `also'
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  He either avoids the place for weeks, or else he works there from morning to night.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER I. MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES
2  I flatter myself that I can distinguish at a glance the ash of any known brand, either of cigar or of tobacco.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER IV. WHAT JOHN RANCE HAD TO TELL
3  As long as all these questions were unsolved, I felt that sleep would be no easy matter, either for Holmes or myself.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER V. OUR ADVERTISEMENT BRINGS A VISITOR
4  Unfortunately the horns of one of the creatures, either by accident or design, came in violent contact with the flank of the mustang, and excited it to madness.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER II. THE FLOWER OF UTAH
5  Stangerson has a son, and Drebber has a son, and either of them would gladly welcome your daughter to their house.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER III. JOHN FERRIER TALKS WITH THE PROPHET
6  Even then it was no easy matter to keep to the right track, for the moon had not yet risen, and the high cliffs on either side made the obscurity more profound.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
7  After a time they were able to relax these measures, for nothing was either heard or seen of their opponent, and they hoped that time had cooled his vindictiveness.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
8  He did his work in the same slow obstinate way as he had done it in Jones's time, never shirking and never volunteering for extra work either.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter III
9  But it was noticed that these two were never in agreement: whatever suggestion either of them made, the other could be counted on to oppose it.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter III
10  Benjamin was the only animal who did not side with either faction.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter V
11  He refused to believe either that food would become more plentiful or that the windmill would save work.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter V
12  And when, some days afterwards, it was announced that from now on the pigs would get up an hour later in the mornings than the other animals, no complaint was made about that either.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VI
13  He was rumoured to be hiding on one of the neighbouring farms, either Foxwood or Pinchfield.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VII
14  But the men did not go unscathed either.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VIII
15  The name Cindy, or Sindy, for it could be spelt either way, was short for Lucy.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 1
Example Sentence: (124 in 9 pages)
1  John is on equal terms with Dick, either in ability or in character.
2  You add either one or two cloves of garlic.
3  So, pack your cycle clips and either pick up a brochure from your local travel agent or call us on freephone.
4  A man alone is either a saint or a devil.
5  I have long since abandoned the notion that higher education is essential to either success or happiness.
6  A man is either free or he is not.
7  Don't agree, but don't argue either.
8  She refused to come down squarely on either side of the argument.
9  If you couldn't attend either of the concerts and are currently gnashing your teeth at having missed out, don't despair.
10  There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
11  You must become either a god or else a coupes.
12  Sorrow and trouble either soften the heart or harden it.
13  A buxom widow must be either married, buried or shut up in a convent.
14  Mishaps are like knives that either serve us or cut us as we grasp them by the handle or blade.
15  You can vote either in person or by proxy.