Want to use Either correctly in a sentence? These 20 example sentences show the word in context, together with its meaning.

Common word

Either in a sentence

Either | Eith | Eitherway

Either meaning

  1. Any one (of two).
  2. Each of two; both.
  3. Any one (of more than two).

Example sentences (20)

Potentially beings can either 'act' (poiein) or 'be acted upon' (paschein), which can be either innate or learned.

It’s not just housing either – a pint’s cheaper outside London, outside the SE, than it is within either of them.

Nearly 2/3rd's of the eligible voters placed no vote, or either voted for the plan or had no opinion either way!

If they fail on either count, Trump will either slap tariffs on Mexican-made cars or close the border entirely.

Rather the degree of the zero polynomial is either left explicitly undefined, or defined as negative (either −1 or −∞).

It will be difficult to beat either Florida or Texas Tech but the Razorbacks also have two chances to defeat either team.

Bettors might want to either buy a half- point either way, or avoid this total altogether with the push very much in play.

It's available with either a white or black frame and the ability to set it up in either landscape or portrait orientation.

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Either current or voltage can be used as input and either as output, leading to four types of amplifiers.

Margins could also be set either absolutely or relatively (by preceding the value with either - or +) when setting the value.

Under the hood, the phone boasts a MediaTek Helio P18, along with either 2GB or 3GB of RAM and either 32GB or 64GB of storage.

Either code can be interpreted with the clock half-period either before or after the data half-period.

Either on the first turn or on subsequent turns, words may read either left-to-right or top-to-bottom.

In either case, all single or multi roll proposition bets may be placed in either of the two rounds.

Roob is a pure shooter with the ability to drive either direction and make baskets with either her dominant left hand or her right.

As audio signals may be electronically represented in either digital or analog format, signal processing may occur in either domain.

A hierarchy can link entities either directly or indirectly, and either vertically or diagonally.

They reassured me, but they didn’t pull any punches either, it could have gone either way, but the care I received was second to none.

Buccaneers helmet (1997-2013) The new uniforms provided a combination of either red or white jerseys with either pewter or white pants.

The only real options from a storytelling perspective are either a dream sequence or flashback, but there's little to be gained from either.

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Common combinations with either

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Frequently asked questions

How do you use "either" in a sentence?
An example: "Potentially beings can either 'act' (poiein) or 'be acted upon' (paschein), which can be either innate or learned." This page contains 20 example sentences with the word "either" from real English texts.
What does "either" mean?
Either means: Any one (of two).
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