SHALL in a Sentence

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367 example sentences for SHALL, such as:

1. I shall work it out on my own hook.
2. We shall have no wolves in our fold.
3. I shall have a hot bath and go to bed.
4. I'm not sure about whether I shall go.
5. He that trusts in a lie shall perish in truth.

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 Meanings and Examples of SHALL
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
shall
 v.  expressing future tense; expressing strong assertion or intention
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  If you are unable to come I shall give you fuller details, and would esteem it a great kindness if you would favour me with your opinion.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
2  I'm not sure about whether I shall go.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
3  I shall work it out on my own hook.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
4  If you will let me know how your investigations go," he continued, "I shall be happy to give you any help I can.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
5  "I shall be most happy to tell you anything I can," the constable answered with his eyes upon the little golden disk.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER IV. WHAT JOHN RANCE HAD TO TELL
6  In future you shall send up Wiggins alone to report, and the rest of you must wait in the street.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
7  If I fail I shall, of course, incur all the blame due to this omission; but that I am prepared for.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
8  We shall have no wolves in our fold.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
9  "You shall remain here," he said.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
10  "She shall have a month to choose," said Young, rising from his seat.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER III. JOHN FERRIER TALKS WITH THE PROPHET
11  When the Lord removes my father, I shall have his tanning yard and his leather factory.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER IV. A FLIGHT FOR LIFE
12  "If they are too many for us we shall take two or three of them with us," he said with a sinister smile.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER IV. A FLIGHT FOR LIFE
13  "She shall not be buried in that," he cried with a fierce snarl, and before an alarm could be raised sprang down the stairs and was gone.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
14  Never mind," I answered, "I have all the facts in my journal, and the public shall know them.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VII. THE CONCLUSION
15  I do not think, comrades, that I shall be with you for many months longer, and before I die, I feel it my duty to pass on to you such wisdom as I have acquired.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter I
Example Sentence: (157 in 11 pages)
16  We shall have to explicate its basic assumptions before we can assess its implications.
17  Tomorrow we shall battle with our old enemies and defeat them.
18  Keep good men company, and you shall be of the number.
19  He that would know what shall be must consider what has been.
20  I shall have a hot bath and go to bed.
21  On this special day I send you New Year's greetings and hope that some day soon we shall be together.
22  We shall gladly lend every effort in our power toward its realization.
23  I shall treat that suggestion with the contempt it deserves.
24  Every day is birthday time when thinking of you,and I shall keep one sublime hoping your many dreams come true.
25  He that trusts in a lie shall perish in truth.
26  We shall try to incorporate some of your ideas in our future plan.
27  Death comes to all, but great achievements raise a monument which shall endure until the sun grows old.
28  Ordinary people merely think how they shall spend their time ; a man of talent tries to use it.
29  We shall always save a place for ourselves, only for ourselves.
30  Paint won't cover the mark on the wall,so we shall have to paper over it.