MUST in a Sentence

Learn MUST from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

404 example sentences for MUST, such as:

1. One must drink as one brews.
2. You must attend to your studies.
3. You must not confound my meaning.
4. I must needs look deeper into it.
5. You must have gone to church once.

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 Meanings and Examples of MUST
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
must
 v.  be commanded or requested to, be highly recommended
 n.  an imperative need or duty
Classic Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
1  I must absent myself from all I loved while thus employed.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 18
2  You must have gone to church once.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
3  "It must be even so," resumed the minister.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In VIII. THE ELF-CHILD AND THE MINISTER
4  I must tarry at home, and keep watch over my little Pearl.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In VIII. THE ELF-CHILD AND THE MINISTER
5  I must needs look deeper into it.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In X. THE LEECH AND HIS PATIENT
6  "I must reveal the secret," answered Hester, firmly.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XIV. HESTER AND THE PHYSICIAN
7  He must discern thee in thy true character.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XIV. HESTER AND THE PHYSICIAN
8  The promise, therefore, was given, and must be performed.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 2
9  But, however, ONE thing must be considered.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 2
10  To satisfy me, those characters must be united.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3
11  But farther than this you must not believe.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 4
12  It must be Willoughby therefore whom you suspect.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 15
13  You must not confound my meaning.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 17
14  But indeed you must and shall come.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 20
15  Surely this comparison must have its use with her.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 31
Example Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
16  No answer -- they must be out visiting.
17  You must try not to appear vulnerable.
18  We must apply our minds to finding a solution.
19  You must acknowledge the truth of her argument.
20  Scanderbeg's sword must have Scanderbeg's arm.
21  My wallet must be around here somewhere.
22  We aren't gods: we must accept our mortality.
23  As you make your bed so you must lie on it.
24  As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it.
25  As the wind blows, you must set your sail.
26  One must drink as one brews.
27  We must assume that the spy kept the negatives.
28  They that live longest must die at last.
29  You must attend to your studies.
30  You must have found my attitude annoying.