How to Use or something in a Sentence

or something

idiomatic phrase
  • Maybe Dave Grohl wants to start a side project or something.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 30 Dec. 2023
  • That’s just like coffee grounds in the sink or something.
    K.j. Yossman, Variety, 21 Sep. 2023
  • That’s just like coffee grounds in the sink or something.
    Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 10 July 2024
  • Just give one of the Dakotas one more vote or something.
    Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 July 2024
  • This was done in the order of 36 hours or something to that effect.
    CBS News, 11 Aug. 2024
  • This wasn't a crime of passion, or something like that.
    Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Good guy runs it—his name is Dave or Mike or something.
    Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Blame it on the coffee or something stronger, but Noah was on 1.5 speed this evening.
    Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Like, allowing the fame to get to my head or something like that.
    Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Dec. 2023
  • This record has a lot of tones that remind me of the Pretenders or Tune-Yards or something.
    Ryan Reed, SPIN, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Someone, or something, had pruned a large portion of the tree.
    Ryan Bradley, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Why not just open a Chase account or something like that?
    Time, 9 July 2023
  • And the Voyager team deserves an Olympic medal or something like that.
    Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 9 July 2024
  • So the whole thing looks like a tornado went through or something like that.
    Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Apr. 2024
  • Why does the time change at 2 a.m. instead of, like, midnight or 5 a.m. or something?
    Mariyam Muhammad, The Enquirer, 22 Oct. 2024
  • My nose looks kind of pushed up like Peter Pan or something.
    Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 24 Oct. 2023
  • But should that choice be the Ramblas itself, or something like it?
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 18 July 2024
  • And the release date for the record is going to be in November or something like that.
    Gen Handley, SPIN, 29 Mar. 2024
  • There's that moment when Daemon's going over to the tree, and then there's a guy with a deer head or something.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 6 Aug. 2024
  • Look at me, getting tires changed right in front of my driveway, like the king of England or something!
    Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Be sure to go easy on your neck with a reclining chair or something to lay on, too; heavy is the head that watches the stars.
    Wes Davis, The Verge, 5 May 2024
  • Maybe hold up your cellphone camera and take a click or something. ...
    Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Those will be the pieces that will be life-savers if anything goes unplanned with the weather or something else.
    Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 13 May 2024
  • In fact, small is the new big (or something like that), and tiny homes are popping up everywhere.
    Lauren Fischer, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 June 2024
  • Cover the drain tightly with a lid or something heavy to keep the gasses from escaping.
    Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2024
  • That was like standing up there next to Shakespeare or something.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Keep a Healthy Snack on Hand Fast food or something from a vending machine may call your name when hunger strikes on the go.
    Kristine Thomason, Health, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Obviously, the kid has to sit on your lap or something.
    Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Others should wait for a sequel where the Freaks fight aliens or monsters or something.
    Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2023
  • These women then turn out to be psychopaths who want to kill Carol and breed with Ash in order to, uh, rebuild society or something?
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024

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