How to Use the other in a Sentence

the other

noun
  • There was a lull on the other end.
    — Robbie Robertson, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Then call touch fouls on the other end.
    — Jay King, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
  • What are the other guests like?
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Now what about the other side of the coin?
    — Paul Sutter, Space.com, 13 Oct. 2025
  • But then there’s the other side.
    — Vauhini Vara september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
  • One side is white, while the other is black.
    — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
  • One of the shots had missed and the other struck her.
    — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
  • One is on my mom's side, the other is on my dad's side.
    — Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
  • What did one Irish ghost say to the other?
    — Nicole Harris, Parents, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Give me all the new forms, give me all the other forms, all alt forms.
    — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 13 Apr. 2026
  • To see my baby boy on the other side of that glass.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The grass seems to be greener on the other side.
    — Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2026
  • One is silver and the other is gold.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Over on the other side of the kitchen is the bathroom.
    — New Atlas, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Can somebody be from one camp and get a look at the other?
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2025
  • My heart tells me one thing, and what’s right or wrong might be the other thing.
    — Steve Buckley, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Repeat the cut with all the other long stems.
    — Nadia Hassani, The Spruce, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Allen was on the other side, after all.
    — Jeff Howe, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • But the other two things are high fees and high ticket prices.
    — Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026
  • But the needle’s swung too hard the other way.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Even hearing it from the other side helps.
    — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
  • So shout-out to the other guys who are getting their jobs done.
    — Kevin Fishbain, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Half bought at one price, and the other group bought at double.
    — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Your rest earns your breakthroughs, not the other way around.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • And now each of them has a book out within a few weeks of the other.
    — Belinda Luscombe, Time, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Not that the other worlds don’t exist.
    — Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Repeat on the other side of the edge with smooth, steady speed.
    — Jesse Raub, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Crippling drops that the other team caught.
    — Zac Jackson, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • One surged; the other held fairly steady.
    — Susan Tompor, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Lost to the Jazz the other night by 28.
    — Kevin Sherrington feb. 16, Dallas Morning News, 16 Feb. 2026

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