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Example sentences for "otherwise"

Lexicographically close words:
others; otherways; otherwhere; otherwhile; otherwhiles; otherwyse; othes; othir; othre; oths
  1. Otherwise the clothing with which God had provided him sufficed.

  2. When the others drink I like to help; otherwise I remain dry, by habit and preference.

  3. Otherwise he is dumb--he is at the sarsaparilla stage.

  4. That arrangement was made; otherwise I would now be living out-of-doors under an umbrella, and a borrowed one at that.

  5. He had indeed caused her to send a regret to Ballister without giving any reason why the regret should be sent, but otherwise he showed himself very indulgent.

  6. From below came the rumble of a cart on its way to the Halles, but otherwise the street was silent.

  7. I must have been mistaken, otherwise he would have used it; but without it, I soon found that in this species of encounter he was my master.

  8. There has been no rain lately, and the water is low, otherwise we should have fifteen miles of a ride over the mountain yonder.

  9. The only reason which induces him to introduce the Nous into the world, is because he cannot otherwise explain the origin of movement.

  10. For though the world is ruled mechanically, man, thought Epicurus in opposition to the Stoics, possesses free will, and the problem of philosophy is to ascertain how he can best use this gift in a world otherwise mechanically governed.

  11. The end must be in the beginning, potentially and ideally, otherwise it could never begin: It is the same with all other things.

  12. It is quite otherwise with such a proposition as, "gold is yellow.

  13. The oak is in the acorn, ideally, otherwise the oak could never come out of it.

  14. Or we may express the same thought otherwise by saying that, in the State, both the whole and the parts are to be regarded as real, both having their own lives and, in their character as ends, their own rights.

  15. Otherwise the lives of the two great men bear no resemblance to each other.

  16. It could not be otherwise without contradiction.

  17. It is because he cannot in any other way explain purposive motion that Anaxagoras introduces mind into his otherwise materialistic system.

  18. On they all three went in the same direction, the mistico by her change of course being thrown somewhat nearer to her pursuers than she before was, but they otherwise gained little, if anything, on her.

  19. But I wish it would be quick about it, for otherwise it will be getting dark before we get alongside.

  20. Then tell me, lady--tell me, how could you expect me to do otherwise than confess the love which is consuming me?

  21. No help for it--patience; we should otherwise be suspected.

  22. Even Colonel Gauntlett could not help expressing his satisfaction at the propitious commencement of their voyage, as he stopped in his short and otherwise silent walk on the poop to address a few words to the master.

  23. I, for my part, consider that the whole lot of us are on the high road to be dragged down into the mire where otherwise only the common people would be wallowing.

  24. Naturally, you thought things could never be otherwise between us than as they were.

  25. Well, otherwise I know the White Horses would not be seen here.

  26. Otherwise you could not have pursued your object here so unswervingly, year after year.

  27. Otherwise it would seem a very strange thing that you let yourself be adopted by Dr.

  28. She could not have judged them otherwise than she did.

  29. Hot words had passed between her and her betrayer, and in her anger she had written letters to him which in the eyes of the law would have released him from any obligation it might otherwise have imposed upon him.

  30. Spenlove was grateful to her, and he inwardly acknowledged that he could not have otherwise disposed of the few shillings which he had no right to call his own.

  31. Who could be otherwise to so sweet a woman?

  32. I pluck her from the doubtful possibilities which might otherwise attend her; no word of reproach will ever reach her ears; she will live in ignorance of the sad circumstances of her birth.

  33. And Jonathan said: Far be this from thee: for if I should certainly know that evil is determined by my father against thee, I could do no otherwise than tell thee.

  34. It is likely Jonathan was instructed by divine inspiration to make a choice of this sign: otherwise the observation of omens is superstitious and sinful.

  35. It is the modern marriage at its best and otherwise with which we have to do.

  36. Or, if the home is not in all respects ideal, the father or mother who nevertheless recognizes ideal homes as possible may show the girl directly or otherwise how to avoid the mischance of a less than perfect home.

  37. If it were possible to give pupils the foundation principles of landscape gardening, they might learn to see with a trained eye the problems they will otherwise attack blindly.

  38. It would be idle to assert that all women are suited to marriage, motherhood, and domestic life, although there is little doubt that early training may develop in some a suitability which would otherwise remain unsuspected.

  39. The strain of modern industrial life, with its fierce competitions and its early discard of the elderly and unfit, finds many girls who would otherwise marry burdened with the care of parents who can ill spare the daughter's help.

  40. All houses of Pompeii are now roofless, though otherwise most of them are perfectly preserved.

  41. Indeed, they can not be otherwise than industrious.

  42. They are not so large, but are otherwise very much like our American deer.

  43. Otherwise there would not have been all those alarms and excursions, and most assuredly Countess Saens would have made no attempt to get into the hospital.

  44. And as she was approaching the well-known hospital, Jessie Harcourt was reaching it in another direction in the motor-car of Lascelles, otherwise known as "Pongo.

  45. Cold winters seem to have no injurious effect, although at one time they were thought to determine the scarcity or otherwise of the bees of the following summer.

  46. They may vary in having a greater or less number of yellow bands on the body, but otherwise their distinctions rest on structure.

  47. In the females the antennae are slightly thickened towards the apex, but otherwise they are simple.

  48. Otherwise her manner suggested--often quite unconsciously--that she would not have put up with his household and its regulations for a single day.

  49. One glance at the emaciated face and frame beside her was enough to recall her from what had otherwise been a heavenly wandering.

  50. Otherwise he would undoubtedly have shot you through the heart, for he can split a bullet into two halves by firing against the blade of a knife.

  51. Otherwise I should have been cut to pieces just as I went to his help by three of his servants, who stood over me with drawn swords.

  52. Never in the interior does a horse pass the night, whatever the weather may be, otherwise than in the open air.

  53. Otherwise he would discover that he might refuse them everything except places and appointments; provided also that he lends himself to no connection with opposite opinions.

  54. It is not that this penalty is without denunciatory and preventive efficacy; it terrifies and holds back from conspiracies many who would otherwise be tempted to engage in them.

  55. The guide of a deployed line (a skirmish line) is always center unless otherwise announced.

  56. The following general rules and examples will help you: The guide of a company or platoon in line is right, unless otherwise announced.

  57. After the deployment is completed, the guide is always center without command, unless otherwise ordered.

  58. When deployed as skirmishers, the men march at ease, pieces at the trail unless otherwise ordered.

  59. The guide of a squad in line is right unless otherwise announced.

  60. If at the order, unless otherwise prescribed, the piece is brought to the right shoulder at the command march, the three motions corresponding with the first three steps.

  61. Otherwise he may have some unpleasant surprise for you.

  62. If at the order, unless otherwise prescribed, the piece is brought to the right shoulder at the command MARCH, the three motions corresponding with the first three steps.

  63. The corporal is the guide when in the line; otherwise No.

  64. This honorable and delightful reference to the otherwise unknown maiden, Gentucca of Lucca, has given occasion to much worthless and base comment.

  65. As the sun in a mirror, not otherwise the twofold animal was gleaming therewithin, now with one, now with another mode.

  66. Every individual is placed, from the moment of his birth, under the protection of a god and goddess, of whom he is the servant, or rather the son, and whom he never addresses otherwise than as his god and his goddess.

  67. We have borne with their present Government through all these bitter months because of that friendship--exercising a patience and forbearance which would otherwise have been impossible.

  68. The Onomasticon is, however, of great importance as regards the topography of Palestine in the fourth century, and has often led to the recovery of yet more ancient sites, which might otherwise have been lost.

  69. The names of monasteries in the Jordan Valley, otherwise unnoticed, are recoverable in his account.

  70. They are found at most of the sites which have been otherwise proved to be Hebrew towns, but their antiquity is demonstrated by independent means.

  71. The corruptions and disorders that obscure the bright example of the American people, and detract from the estimation in which their institutions and policy would otherwise be held, generally spring from this source.

  72. Abolitionism was once so unpopular, that he has been mobbed four times in his own otherwise quiet village.

  73. Otherwise I have nothing but praise for Action Front, though I am still as far as ever from knowing who wrote it.

  74. Such a dreadful anomaly in our otherwise equitable fiscal system could not, of course, be tolerated.

  75. Love cannot always be transcendental, otherwise two people will never come closely together.

  76. The trees must have sprung up since many of these blocks were cut, otherwise it is not easy to see why they should have been put where you now find them.

  77. You obtain through my instrumentality a position to which you could never otherwise have aspired.

  78. This startling circumstance, when Bon-Bon replied to his visitor's remark, imparted to his manner an air of embarrassment which probably might not otherwise have been observed.


  79. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "otherwise" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    alias; another; besides; beyond; contra; different; else; inversely; other; otherwise; peculiar; rare; rather; special; than; unique


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    otherwise called; otherwise improved; otherwise known; otherwise mentioned; otherwise provided; otherwise than; otherwise they; otherwise would