How to use else in a sentence

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More sentences with else

• I can't open the file because someone else is editing it.From the entry open
• I’m more academic than athletic — I get lower marks in phys. ed. than in anything else.From the entry academic
• Too busy thinking about my baby, and I ain't got time for nothing else.From the entry baby
• I had to stay with my wicked stepmother, for I had nowhere else to go.From the entry for
• While everyone else offered thoughts and prayers, she made a concrete proposal to help.From the entry concrete
• The soup is rather spicy. Are you good with that, or would you like something else?From the entry good
• He can hack like no one else and make the program work as expected.From the entry hack
• Her comment gnawed at me all day and I couldn't think about anything else.From the entry gnaw
• We could go to the shore next week, or somewhere else if that's not your speed.From the entry speed
• Quit purposely drilling out the time hoping that someone else will do your chores.From the entry drill
• I already copped to the murder. What else do you want from me?From the entry cop
• She’s nice enough, but she can begin to grate if there is no-one else to talk to.From the entry grate
• Calling a happy person gay seems awfully dated nowadays; people will assume you mean something else.From the entry dated
• Those who want to muzzle everyone else are likely nothing less than pseudovirtuous.From the entry muzzle
• All else being equal, we can expect this factor to have no discernible effect by itself.From the entry equal
• I could have saved myself a few bob buying it somewhere else.From the entry bob
• I'll tell you my secret, but first promise me you won't repeat it to anyone else!From the entry repeat
• The crux of her argument was that the roadways needed repair before anything else could be accomplished.From the entry crux
• Seeing that no one else was about, he stripped and dived into the river.From the entry strip
• My dog is very faithful: he doesn't like to be petted by anybody else.From the entry faithful
• I can't take my sweater off: I amn't wearing anything else on underneath.From the entry underneath
• The letter they sent was a goof-up; it was intended for someone else.From the entry goof-up
• She told that story absorbingly, so nobody paid attention to anything else.From the entry absorbingly
• If you’d spoken to anyone else about it, you’d have heard a very different story.From the entry anyone else
• With all his usual subtlety, he quietly fixed the problem before anyone else noticed it.From the entry subtlety
• If you hem and haw long enough, someone else will do it first.From the entry hem and haw
• It seems like everyone always tries to point the finger at somebody else.From the entry point the finger at
• The couple called each other cutesy pet names like "honeypot" and "smoochie-poochie" that disgusted everyone else.From the entry cutesy
• He coerces people into things they would never do for anyone else.From the entry coerces
• I'm sorry, I haven't the foggiest. You should ask someone else.From the entry have the foggiest
• There'd better not be more than five in the same car, or else!From the entry there'd
• Don't touch that! God knows who else put their hands on that thing!From the entry God knows
• I took a long weekend with my wife when no one else had a holiday.From the entry long weekend
• The oft misused word didn't mean what he thought it meant, but everyone else misunderstood it too.From the entry misused
• When everything else is packed, we can take down the tent.From the entry take down

Meaning of else

1. adjective Other; in addition to previously mentioned items.
2. adverb Otherwise, if not.
3. conjunction For otherwise; or else.

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Questions about else in a sentence

How do you use else in a sentence?

Else is used as an adjective, adverb and conjunction. For example: “The instructor is busy. Can anyone else help me?”

What is a short sentence with else?

“When all else fails, read the instructions.”

What does else mean?

Else means other; in addition to previously mentioned items.