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Examples of ergo in a Sentence
Adverb
There's no win-win situation for workers of the world, in the current era at least. American steelworkers here do better, ergo Russian and South Korean steelworkers overseas do worse.
—
Alexander Cockburn, Nation, 3 Jan. 2000
He that comforts my wife is the cherisher of my flesh and blood; he that cherishes my flesh and blood loves my flesh and blood; he that loves my flesh and blood is my friend; ergo, he that kisses my wife is my friend.
—William Shakespeare, All's Well that Ends Well, 1603
The products are poorly constructed; ergo, they break easily.
according to that line of reasoning, the eyewitness couldn't identify the aircraft, ergo it must have been from another planet
Alexander Cockburn, Nation, 3 Jan. 2000
He that comforts my wife is the cherisher of my flesh and blood; he that cherishes my flesh and blood loves my flesh and blood; he that loves my flesh and blood is my friend; ergo, he that kisses my wife is my friend.
—William Shakespeare, All's Well that Ends Well, 1603
The products are poorly constructed; ergo, they break easily.
according to that line of reasoning, the eyewitness couldn't identify the aircraft, ergo it must have been from another planet
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Kent Sepkowitz,
Slate Magazine,
17 Feb. 2017
The global television audience is (at least) sixteen hundred times as big; ergo, the halftime show is more music video than live concert.
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Amanda Petrusich,
The New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2017
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Adverb
In the hubbub around this controversy, likely many doctors felt too embarrassed to grab the pharma handout—ergo my reborn popularity.
—
Kent Sepkowitz,
Slate Magazine,
17 Feb. 2017
The global television audience is (at least) sixteen hundred times as big; ergo, the halftime show is more music video than live concert.
—
Amanda Petrusich,
The New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2017
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“Ergo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ergo. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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