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Example sentences for "must either"

  • Therefore we must either persist in maintaining that there was almost no heat in the original nebula, or we must throw the laws of gases to the winds, for they all depend one upon another.

  • He must either dwell in a paradise, or writhe in a purgatory.

  • Man is capable of both virtue and vice, and he must either rise to the one or sink to the other.

  • He must either be the happiest or the most miserable creature on earth.

  • For it must either be by vertue of some naturall science, or by Incantation, that is, vertue of words.

  • I am not a merchant, who have any money to give for Him: I must either come to a good-cheap market, where wares are had for nothing, else I go home empty.

  • It is not possible to twist and compound a matter betwixt Christ and Antichrist; and, therefore, ye must either be for Christ, or ye must be against Him.

  • If it be the cause, then it must either, 1.

  • A very weighty argument; for if a good man be a member of Christ, then he must either be raised out of his grave, or else sin and death must have power over a member of Christ.

  • It is great lewdness, and also insufferable arrogancy to come to the word of God, as conceiting already that whatever thou readest, must either by thee be understood, or of itself fall to the ground as a senseless error.

  • Therefore we must act with caution; we must either take or reject the whole; but if we reject the whole, sir, we are to depend upon ourselves for a substitute.

  • The same effect must be produced that has taken place in other nations; it must either bring on a national bankruptcy, or annihilate her existence as an independent empire.

  • If we give titles, we must either borrow or invent them.

  • We must either treat on the basis which I have laid down, /or I shall proceed to clear land/ alongside yours, where the sun and the moon will work for me gratis.

  • He must either do the work himself, or get others to do it for him by remunerating them.

  • We should otherwise be placed in a miserable [p205] dilemma--we must either perish by remaining just, or make progress by means of injustice.

  • We must either, as lost sinners, fall into the arms of Divine mercy, and receive pardon as a free gift through the merits of the Saviour, or we must perish.

  • Now the heart cannot receive both these doctrines; it must either let go doing or believing.

  • I must either starve or go with you, John.

  • When Victorine retired, Vautrin pointed out how impossible it was to maintain a position in society as a law student, and if Eugène wished to get on quickly he must either be rich, or make believe to be so.

  • There exists but one substance of the same attribute; and it must either exist as infinite or finite.

  • This cause, by reason of which anything exists, must either be contained in the nature and definition of the existing thing (viz.

  • It is not possible to be neutral, so as to be neither for Christ nor against him: we must either accept or reject the Son of God.

  • In such a case only two alternatives are open to the supreme magistrate: he must either submit to the aristocracy and buy them back at their own price, or supersede them by a bold appeal to the common people.

  • No one can justly be blamed for acting selfishly--it is a matter of self-preservation--we must either injure or be injured.

  • He knows that in this battle he must either fight or go under.

  • There is no such thing as being natural: we must either help or hinder.

  • If they will at last grant us terms, well and good; if not, we must either try to escape or die fighting.

  • I think that we are agreed, Major, that though we may hold this place for a time, sooner or later we must either surrender or the place be carried by storm.

  • We may hold out for a week or ten days, but I think that is the outside; and if rescue does not arrive by that time we must either surrender or try to escape by that passage.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "must either" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    must acknowledge; must assume; must belong; must bring; must continue; must find; must follow; must further; must get; must hurry; must insist; must likewise; must look; must remain; must show; must stop; must suffer; must talk; must tell; must trouble; must try; must wait; must work; rather nice; reserve corps; the cattle