How to Use else in a Sentence

else

1 of 2 adverb
  • We decided to go someplace else for dinner.
  • Who else pokes holes in this claim?
    U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Who else was there on the scene?
    Ian Crouch, New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Who else feels trapped by their body?
    Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Here's what else opened and closed.
    Joe Mutascio, IndyStar, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Think about what else this move means.
    Troy Renck, Denver Post, 18 Mar. 2026
  • There is a great deal else to do.
    Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
  • But at this point, all else has failed.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Here's what else to know about the rule.
    Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 5 Mar. 2026
  • There is no one else to blame for a bad shot.
    Jayson Jenks, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Jem is her name, and no one else is the same.
    Will Harris, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Here's what else to know about the show and its cast.
    Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 6 Oct. 2025
  • What else are we supposed to do?
    Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Because no one else can hear it.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Who else happened to be on the ship?
    Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Police said no one else was hurt.
    Matt Schooley, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026
  • But there is something else to it.
    Nick Miller, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Who else would be epic in the ballroom?
    Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Nobody else can take the blame.
    Mano Sundaresan, Pitchfork, 12 Mar. 2026
  • No one else was shown on her camera.
    Paula Wethington, CBS News, 26 Mar. 2026
  • No one else was killed in the attack.
    Alexandra Simon, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Or to drive them off somewhere else?
    Rebecca Van Laer september 30, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
  • And this case proves something else.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2026
  • What else goes into gas prices?
    Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
  • For someone else to do all the prep work.
    ABC News, 17 June 2026
  • So, what else is in store for season five?
    Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Or should someone else be picked ahead of him?
    The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 13 May 2026
  • Fate had something else in mind.
    Kansas City Star, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Here’s a list of what else to expect.
    Angela George, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 19 Feb. 2026
  • After all, what else has changed?
    Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025

else

2 of 2 adjective
  • Here’s what else state workers shared.
    William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 12 June 2026
  • If one child dies on the school’s watch, nothing else matters.
    Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2018
  • Have someone else mark the arrow an inch in front of the bow handle.
    Andrew Del-Colle and Lara Sorokanich, Popular Mechanics, 5 June 2018
  • The complaint does not say where else Taylor lives.
    Charlotte Observer, 13 Jan. 2026
  • However, Zoe has kept mum about what else fans could see.
    Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Let somebody else drive while the owner goes about their business.
    Mark Maynard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 25 May 2017
  • Either way, there will be something else to worship soon enough.
    Ed Hammondbloomberg, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2019
  • And milk and eggs and everything else shoppers need for their pantries.
    Evan Clark, Footwear News, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Don't leave any root behind, or else perennial weeds will grow back.
    David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 16 May 2026
  • At the start, people were like 'no one's going to watch someone else play video games.
    Ben Morse, CNN, 20 Aug. 2019
  • Who shows up for them—and who doesn’t—is something else children are likely to clock.
    Hannah Silverman, Parents, 18 June 2026
  • The notice said guests of the steakhouse must remove hats or else dine in the bar/lounge area.
    Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Human judgment has always been more than an if/else statement.
    Vikas Aron, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Here’s what else first-time visitors should know about the Bay Area.
    Eve Chen, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
  • At that heartbreaking point, there was nothing else doctors could do.
    Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 5 Nov. 2019
  • Apply it ears, hands and everywhere else skin is exposed.
    Jackie Fields, PEOPLE, 30 Dec. 2025
  • For everyone else reading at home, maybe skip the bees and stick with the standard belly kiss shot.
    Gabriella Paiella, The Cut, 1 Sep. 2017
  • And that’s too bad, because these latest sequel flops have something else in common.
    Jesse Hassenger, The Verge, 21 June 2019
  • Nothing else catches us up in such singleness of purpose or gives us so righteous a high.
    Fred Niedner, Post-Tribune, 7 June 2019
  • Her desire to be somebody else — anybody else — is really telling.
    Nina Metz, chicagotribune.com, 25 June 2018
  • It is not based on concerns for their family's safety or anything else people might read.
    Eileen Reslen, Country Living, 5 Oct. 2017
  • Here’s what else council members addressed during a busy meeting.
    Austin Hornbostel, Nashville Tennessean, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Does having smaller-yield weapons reduce the chance someone else attacks first, or increase the change that nukes would be used first?
    Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 2 Apr. 2018
  • But the Eagles have something else in common with most of the teams that won with backup quarterbacks.
    Bob Brookover, Philly.com, 17 Dec. 2017
  • However, very little else lurks beyond the surface.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Vegetarians should order something else or stick to the drinks.
    Chuck Blount, ExpressNews.com, 14 June 2019
  • Once Alabama decides to shred you apart with its passing game, nothing else matters.
    Christopher Smith, al, 17 Sep. 2019
  • Besides focusing on health, the rival packages have something else in common.
    Alan Fram, The Seattle Times, 13 Sep. 2017
  • The soccer-over-everything-else instinct is older than the tournament itself.
    Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 May 2026
  • Branching workflows introduce if/else logic.
    Andrew Siemer, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025

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