all-or

The question was, had they been moved during the night-in which case, the perfume was a lure, after all-or sometime during the preceding five months?

La insistencia de Jürgen Fauth 2010

They were coming from parts of his body, after all-or, anyway, the wretched thing his body had become.

Addicts Tree Riesener 2010

I filled the dropping bottle, averting my face from the sweet, thick scent that drifted from the liquid, and put a small twist of cotton in the spout, to keep the ether from evaporating and gassing us all-or catching fire.

A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005

So, it was really an all-or - nothing proposition and the prosecutors come away with nothing.

CNN Transcript Sep 1, 2004 2004

I think that the posture for us is this is an all-or - nothing situation.

CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Julius Erving Discusses the Search for His Missing Son; Bob Woodward Talks About Gore and the Continuing Controversy Over Campaign Finance - June 23, 2000 2000

The fashion now was for birds that sang at night, or no singers at all-or, more accurately, the fashion three generations ago was thus, and nothing had changed.

The White Gryphon Lackey, Mercedes 1995

Naturally, this does not mean the disappearance of that social system-not at all-or the disappearance of imperialism as an existing, dominant, and hegemonic system in the world, in the case of Yankee imperialism.

Castro Speech to 1 May Contingent 1992

She was determined to pay it all-or give it away pointlessly-and I was not going to let her do either one; I can be stubborn, too. \par

Time Enough For Love Heinlein, Robert A. 1973

And there were planes of existence where the Cosmic Bal - ance was not known at all-or so Corum had sug - gested-and other planes where the Lords of the Higher Worlds had far greater powers than they had on his own world.

The Vanishing Tower Moorcock, Michael, 1939- 1970

Unfortunately, the priesthood is essential; and our beast-women must be borne, since we cannot modify one tenet without casting doubt upon all-or so they tell us.

Cities In Flight Blish, James 1957