How to Use otherwise in a Sentence

otherwise

adverb

• All of the books had been burned or otherwise destroyed.
• I didn't like the ending, but otherwise it was a very good book.
• The women talked in the living room while the men were otherwise occupied.
• Art allows us to express things that we would not be able to express otherwise.
• Something must be wrong; otherwise, he would have called.
• One of the boys has a freckle on his cheek. Otherwise, the twins are nearly identical.
• The test helps identify problems that might otherwise go unnoticed.
• But the ranges of scores among the same group of students shows otherwise.
  — Sarah Freishtat, Aurora Beacon-News, 27 Oct. 2017
• Maybe that's good for a win or two down the stretch that might not have otherwise been there.
  — Rahat Huq, Chron, 14 Feb. 2022
• The notes are otherwise unchanged from the designs used for the late Queen.
  — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 18 July 2023
• Each of those is a rental unit that a Utahn could otherwise call home.
  — Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Feb. 2022
• The entire Northeast will otherwise be cool and windy to start the week.
  — Brandon Noriega, Fox News, 2 Nov. 2020
• There’s a pool, but otherwise the focus here is the scenery and the cuisine.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2022
• The hospice is designed to care for people who might otherwise die on the streets.
  — Cynthia Hubert, sacbee, 16 May 2018
• This is a space for some of the news and issues that might otherwise go unnoticed.
  — Scott Wartman, Cincinnati.com, 26 Oct. 2017
• Many parts of the forest are blocked by trees or will otherwise remain closed.
  — oregonlive, 25 Sep. 2020
• Countless buildings block air flow that might otherwise cool the days and nights.
  — David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2021
• You can be knocked over by waves of sadness in the middle of an otherwise happy process.
  — Sarah Menkedick, Longreads, 24 July 2019
• Williams said his ankle tightened up late in the game but otherwise felt fine.
  — Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2022
• This makes the otherwise invisible nerve agents glow so they can be seen by the naked eye.
  — Allison Barrie, Fox News, 13 July 2018
• Hubble uses that time to slew to the next target, and otherwise get ready.
  — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 11 July 2022
• But the remnants of bright beachy colored homes give the land life where there otherwise is little.
  — Kirsten Fiscus, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2021
• It is pitched as saving half the water that a farmer otherwise might use to flood furrows.
  — Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 4 Jan. 2022
• Nor is bread, stale or otherwise, salty foods or moldy stuff.
  — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Oct. 2020
• Corkins says both children are otherwise healthy enough to be at home.
  — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 19 May 2022
• Song would otherwise have to be on the major league roster all season.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Mar. 2023
• Otherwise, the Tigers will be easy marks for good passing teams.
  — Edgar Thompson, OrlandoSentinel.com, 5 July 2017
• Here was an actor who knew how to put a cap on a shot that otherwise would’ve gone hatless.
  — Michael Phillips, idahostatesman, 19 Oct. 2017
• Plans call for all events, virtual and otherwise, to be free and open to the public.
  — Ryan Patrick Hooper, Detroit Free Press, 15 Apr. 2021
• The Sox otherwise didn’t have an extra-base hit in the series.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2021

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024