How to use "must" in a sentence

Finally, I must accept the truth: I am going to die.

I must be sensible

To free my hand, I must remove a piece of rock over fifteen centimetres wide and seven centimetres deep

'He must be in the canyon already

I must do something to cover more of my body.

Mosquitoes mean there must be water quite close - probably at the Big Drop Rappel.

I guess he must be about three

That part of my arm must be dead

I must go on.

The walls must be over thirty metres high

Now, you must do what I say."

So, I must go and find it.

But there is something that I must say to my people, who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice: In the process of gaining our rightful place, we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds

We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline

We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence

Again and again, we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force.

The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny

And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead.

From every mountainside, let freedom ring! And if America is to be a great nation, this must become true

If the minority will not acquiesce, the majority must, or the government must cease

I do not forget the position, assumed by some, that Constitutional questions are to be decided by the Supreme Court; nor do I deny that such decisions must be binding, in any case, upon the parties to a suit, as to the object of that suit, while they are also entitled to very high respect and consideration in all parallel cases by all other departments of the government

At the same time, the candid citizen must confess that if the policy of the government, upon vital questions affecting the whole people, is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court, the instant they are made, in ordinary litigation between parties in personal actions, the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their government into the hands of that eminent tribunal

They cannot but remain face to face, and intercourse, either amicable or hostile, must continue between them

We must not be enemies

Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection

"Woe unto the world because of offences; for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that mam by whom the offence cometh!" If we shall suppose that American Slavery is one of those offences which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time

Yet, if God wills that it continue, until all the wealth piled by the bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash, shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said "the judgments of the Lord, are true and righteous altogether."

The joy, the moral stimulation of work no longer must be forgotten in the mad chase of evanescent profits

Recognition of that falsity of material wealth as the standard of success goes hand in hand with the abandonment of the false belief that public office and high political position are to be valued only by the standards of pride of place and personal profit; and there must be an end to a conduct in banking and in business which too often has given to a sacred trust the likeness of callous and selfish wrongdoing

Hand in hand with that we must frankly recognize the overbalance of population in our industrial centers and by engaging on a national scale in a redistribution, endeavor to provide a better use of the land for those best fitted for the land.

We must act

We must act quickly.

There must be a strict supervision of all banking and credits and investments

There must be an end to speculation with other people's money

And there must be provision for an adequate but sound currency.

If I read the temper of our people correctly, we now realize, as we have never realized before, our interdependence on each other; that we cannot merely take, but we must give as well; that if we are to go forward, we must move as a trained and loyal army willing to sacrifice for the good of a common discipline, because without such discipline no progress can be made, no leadership becomes effective.

With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God's work must truly be our own.

You are in great danger! You must come with me and talk to that man in the hand-carriage

'I must get some money or I can't sleep in my lodgings,' Annie said.

'Mme Magloire,' the bishop went on, 'you must put clean sheets on the bed in the spare room.'

'Before you leave tomorrow, you must have a bowl of warm milk from our cows.'

Monsieur, you must report me to the police

The mayor turned to Inspector Javert and said, in a soft, firm voice, 'This woman must be released.'

'But after this conversation, you must dismiss me.'

'I must leave now,' M

First you must get well.'

Jean Valjean (as we must now call him) shook Javert's hand from his collar and ran to the bed

It must have fallen from the child's pocket.'

'I must have been dreaming yesterday,' he laughed to himself

'He must be here!' He heard Javert's voice clearly on the other side of the wall

'And you must remember mine

Realizing that one of the girls must have dropped it, he picked it up and called after them, but it was too late

'Our daughters barefoot and without a dress between them, while she wears leather boots and a fur coat? You must be wrong

'Now, you two must go and keep guard in the street, one by the gate, one at the street corner.'

'Now we must discuss what else is needed.'

My dearest daughter, You must come at once

'He must have been the cleverest of them all, 'Javert murmured angrily to himself.

'But you must promise me,' he said, 'that you'll never tell your father the address.'

'If we go, you must come too

I'll tell you where, and you must meet me there, wherever it is.'

But until then, I must give you my address

I'll ask no more questions, but you must promise to be here early the day after tomorrow

'Well then, I imagine the lucky girl must have money.'

'You must enjoy yourself when you're young,' he said

'But you must also be sensible

'Now you must promise me something for my trouble,' she said

'You must kiss me on the forehead after I'm dead..

So she still loved him! He thought for a moment that now he must not die, but then he thought, 'She's going away.'

Nothing had changed, and he decided that he had one last duty to perform: he must send Cosette a final message and tell her of his death

'You must return to your families.'

'Then one of us must stay and fight,' one of the married men replied.

Finally, someone shouted to Marius, 'You decide which one must stay.'

My body must be taken to the house of my grandfather, M

I must look terrible

'But you must promise not to tell her!' Valjean interrupted

'You must call me "Monsieur Jean".'

'We must go to him at once,' Marius said

We must waste no time!'

'You're going to live! You must live, do you understand?'

You must enjoy life, my children

You must not forget it

And now I must leave you, my children

I feel that I need to run, that there is somewhere I must be, somewhere I must remember.

I only know that I must find her, that I must help her.

I begin to walk, slowly at first, unsure of the direction that I must go

The image I remember of Catherine tied to the grey stone is in less fog, and I think that it must be on higher ground.

I think we must wait until tomorrow now."

"You walk from here to Brow Top, up over the moors road? Every evening? That's a dangerous road, and it must be more than three miles."

He always calls Jake 'kid', but he must be the same age as him: twelve or thirteen.

He has no time to think, but he must

This must be why the camera turns

My doctor tells me that I must," she laughs

"No, I can't, I must find the captain: he promised to tell me all about the new people on board today; you know how I must know who I am sailing with." She looks at the men

She must be only twenty-five or twenty-six

Peter thinks that for a film there must be something visual about the murder weapon

"Really?" says Peter, "Well you must tell us."

Ladies and gentleman of the jury, you must decide only one thing

You try to see the clock in the dark, but it is impossible, and you think that it must be somewhere between four and six o'clock: the darkest hours of the night when even the lively and vibrant city of Manchester sleeps.

But you must

But this is your house, and you know you must stay!

If you want to confess and receive God's forgiveness, you must tell me everything."

"Then you must tell me everything."

The poor old woman must not feel too comfortable next to the noisy kids, but Sarah knows that they are okay: she can spot the bad kids from a mile away.

"Did I wake you up? It must be something in my bag

You just need to get home, she tells herself, and she feels the train slow down, and she knows she must get up.

"I think it must be something for you to plant."

I think she must have followed me

But that fruit - someone must have found it in a closet or somewhere."

Energy units must be saved for your own use

There must be an explanation."

It must be strange for him, not knowing where she was or what she was doing

We must remember that."

This, Gran had taught her, was what she must think of.

We must have looked a strange pair as we walked into the hotel restaurant that day

You must have heard of it - a beautiful old house in the west of England

'You must have a drink with me,' she said

You must look at people when they are speaking

You must stay in bed for a week or two.'

'Out you get,' he said, 'I must put the car away

They must have been full of the life they had shared.

My unhappiness must have shown on my face.

'I must say goodbye now.'

'That must seem very old to you.'

'This must be Mrs Danvers' idea

'I must go downstairs.' As I began to walk towards the stairs, Mrs Danvers followed me.

She must hate you being here.'

'Why must she hate me being at Manderley?'

'We must be going,' she said

'I must get him,' I said

'Come on Jasper, we must go home now.'

'I must take him back.'

Frith must not see them

It must have come from the raincoat pocket

The raincoat, too wide, too long for me, must have been hers too

'Yes, I must ask Maxim about it.'

I heard myself saying, 'Rebecca must have been a wonderful person...'

I must go now

What must people think about me?

'It must have been a lot of work,' I said

'When did they find her?' I felt I must know everything now

She says that Robert must have taken it or broken it

It must be found

But you must learn to hide it.'

'If you don't think we're happy, you must tell me,' I went on

I must see that everything was all right

Maxim still thought of me as a child - someone who must not hear unpleasant things

There is something I must ask you

'Now, Mrs de Winter, you must help us

'What's the time, Frank? She must be down soon.'

'But, my dear, you must

You must come down for him,' she said.

'I must go down now,' she said at last

You must go to bed now

'I must see him

'There must be a ship in trouble in the bay.'

'Well, I must be getting along too,' he said

He must have gone out with Maxim

It must be something to do with the ship out in the bay

I must tell your husband, Mrs de Winter

I must not fail Maxim now.

'That's what we must remember.'

'Then you must say you made a mistake about the other body

I must be calm and quiet

This must be done.'

'I'm afraid I must leave now

They must be kept tightly closed when the boat is sailing

I must try and get out of the door, I thought

'Mr de Winter, I'm afraid I must ask you one other question

I must have fallen asleep

I must go now

'You must be feeling very pleased with yourself.'

'We must find out who this person was,' said Colonel Julyan

'There must have been something wrong with her after all.'

'We must be together as long as we can.'

'We must thank you for all your help,' Maxim said as the magistrate got out of the car.

You must forget it all now

'I feel that we must get back to Manderley as soon as possible

'Now I must find the jewels!' he thinks.

Danny's cries and her response became increasingly shrill and desperate, for they knew that they must reach each other before nightfall or be lost forever; in the oncoming night, something waited for Danny, something fearsome that would seize him if he was alone after dark

It must have been a large object because, though muffled by the intervening walls, the sound was loud enough to rouse her.

If she was ever to stop dreaming about the boy, if she were to get control of her grief, she must begin her recovery here, in this room, by conquering her irrational need to preserve his possessions in situ.

If she had left this message, she must be having blackouts, temporary amnesia of which she was totally unaware

Therefore, the words must have been here all along

Danny must have left them before he died

Nevertheless, he must have done it

After several visits there, she had decided that it must be one of the dullest cities in the world

A stranger? It must be

I understand how hard it must be never to know why."

"You must have somebody in mind."

"Every great chef must be an egomaniac when it comes to his culinary art

He must be totally secure in his estimation of his talents if he is to function well in the kitchen."

"I mean, I thought it must have been a divorce or something."

Tina felt as if they had talked without pause all evening, speaking with quiet urgency, as if each had a vast quantity of earthshakingly important information that he must pass on to the other before they parted

She saw a longing and a need in his dark eyes, a powerful wanting that was only partly sex, and she knew the same need to be loved and valued must be in her eyes for him to see.

She must have seen this lurid cover illustration when Danny had first brought the magazine into the house

In fact, she must be their primary target.

She must have glimpsed the grotesque figure of Death on the cover of the magazine when Danny first brought the issue home from the newsstand.

"You must be mistaken," Elliot said.

There must be some mistake, really

"Then you must have seen the magazine before and you just-"

He must remember that

Even after all this time, when she thought about Danny's last moments on earth - the terror he must have known, the excruciating pain he must have endured, even if it was of brief duration - she began to choke with sorrow and pity

Besides, it's a private cemetery, surrounded by a high wall, so there must be a security system to deal with vandals."

"You must have done something to it," Al said

He must be..

"The game must have been rigged," Elliot said

It must be getting warm in there already."

They must have just now homed in on it."

Because its existence must be kept secret, the organization was funded out of misdirected appropriations meant for other government agencies

The Network was clandestine and must remain clandestine if it was to have any value

You must know that."

There must be some sort of road into the place, even if it's well concealed

"I must be crazy," she said

"Then it must be a tumor," Zachariah said.

"He must have."

"Someone, some damn turncoat on Project Pandora, must have revealed enough about its location for them to find it with just a little help

Where were they getting their strength, their nerve, their endurance? It seemed as if they must have some advantage of which Alexander was not aware

"The security people must be watching us on video monitors right now," Elliot said glumly.

"That must be where they're holding him," Elliot said.

"He must have reached the scouts five or five and a half hours after he was infected

This is obviously an expensive stretch of highway that must lead to something important and mysterious

"Father, you must tell the police," I said

'Young man, you must do something fast

'And now you must hurry home

I turned and was violently sick in front of a young policeman, whose face was as green as mine must have been.

'I think that fly must have died long ago, Henri,' I said, getting up and walking to the door.

'But Francois, you must understand

'But why must you know?' she asked, almost angrily.

'Because I must and will know how and why my brother died,' I said.

'I must be able to explain how and why it works.'

My hand shook as I picked it up because I knew by then that something must be terribly wrong

I must think and by then I will have typed out an explanation for you

During a second experiment yesterday, a fly must have got into the disintegrator'

Andre must be saved! The fly must be found!

But there must be no talk of "putting an end to all this"

I told them a fly had escaped from the Professor's laboratory and that it must be caught alive

Since I must leave you, I would rather you remembered me as I was before

I must destroy myself in such a way that nobody can possibly know what has happened to me

It must go through with me

I must have fainted because I found myself on the floor of the laboratory, staring at the closed door

I must disappear

The police would never understand but the professors would, and they must not! That had been Andre's last wish.

The night watchman must have heard the hammer and would be round at any moment

Does he think I have stolen Church money? But now I must get on with preparing my sermon

'Now, I must start my sermon.'

'You must not say things like that, Lettice.'

'I must go

At that moment, Griselda and Dennis came in and said I must not stop Lawrence from enjoying himself.

'Well,' Lawrence said, 'I must go

I must leave the village.'

'Dear Clement, it began 'Sorry, I cannot wait any longer, but I must...' Here the writing ended.

'It must be some mistake.'

'Lawrence must have put it back to 6.20 to give himself an alibi

'It must have been after six - quarter past - something like that.'

It must have been Miss Cram because her skirt was so short.'

And I've told Dr Stone that I must have regular times off

'Well,' she got up, 'I suppose I must go.' And with many thanks and goodbyes, she left.

Also,' continued Griselda, 'you must forgive her for not caring about Colonel Protheroe's death

'There must be some clue that would help us.'

Then she got up and said she really must get home.

I picked it up - and recognized it as my pistol! And I just thought Anne must have taken it, meaning to shoot herself because she was so unhappy

I thought that after we parted in the village, she must have come back here and - so I put the pistol in my pocket and left

'Well, I must be going,' I said

'There is a police inspector here, and he says he must see you.' Mrs Lestrange said calmly, 'Show him in, Hilda.'

'I'm afraid I must ask you tell me about it, private or not.'

'I know what I must do.'

I must have looked shocked, for he started to laugh

Mr Redding and Mrs Protheroe must have heard it, too.'

And it really seemed that he must be right.

And just now we must all take notice of Strange Things.'

Several people must have heard, as he spoke very loudly.'

Well, of course, there must have been a shot, because the gentleman was found shot - but she had not heard it.

'It must be very interesting,' I said.

'That means that the murderer must have been inside this house - perhaps even had a drink with me.'

I can imagine that Lawrence must have looked very attractive, with his blue eyes shining.

I must visit him.'

We must say nothing to anybody about the suitcase

'We must go, of course,' said Griselda

'So, she must have dropped it before

'I must investigate this,' said the inspector

'You really must go away for a rest.'

You must admit that's likely?'

So one lot of silver must be a copy

I thought that, of course, the news they had heard must be the same thing

'It must have been nearly six o'clock

You must understand that I heard this from someone who knows the truth.'

It must have been her sneeze Clara heard.'

He had read about archaeology, but he kept making mistakes and Protheroe must have noticed

'This,' I said, 'must be from Miss Marple

The second possibility is, of course, that he was sitting at the desk writing a note, but it must have been a different note from the one that was found

'I must go home

Well, I must drive him to the hospital at Much Benham

'So sorry, Colonel Melchett, but when I heard that Mr Hawes was ill, I felt I must come and see if I could do something.'

Either you or Mr Hawes must have taken it

So she must have come back on an earlier train.' She looked at me

In fact, I think that Mr Hawes must have found that letter tonight

So it seemed that the two must be connected.'

His first thought, I imagine, must have been to run away

I have also decided that since now I'm going to be a real "wife and mother" I must look after the house as well

It must be, if scientific thinking is correct, older than our world, and life on its surface began a long time before this Earth cooled down

Mars is getting colder, as one day our planet must too

We, the people who live on this Earth, must seem to them at least as different and less developed as monkeys are to us

And before we criticize them for thinking in this way, we must remember how badly we have treated not only the animals of this planet, but also other people

'You must stay calm

No one in London knew what the Martians looked like, and there was still a fixed idea that they must be slow: 'crawling', 'moving painfully' - words like these were in all the earlier reports

'We must go that way,' he said, and turned the horse round again.

'I have been still too long,' he said, loud enough for the Martians to hear, 'and now I must tell the world

'Well, people who intend to escape them must get ready

We must make great safe places deep underground, and get all the books we can; not novels and poetry, but ideas, science books

We must go to the British Museum and choose the best books in it

Especially, we must keep our science - learn more.'

However, whether we expect another attack or not, our views of the human future must now be changed by these events

I must admit that the trouble and danger of our time have left a continuing sense of doubt and fear in my mind

Well, that man must have a very big problem because he left his pipe

So, this man must like his pipe very much if he prefers to mend it instead of buying a new one with the same money.'

'Well, it must be that creature with the yellow face

'You have forced me, and now we must both accept the situation

A doctor really must have practice! This time, I thought, he will get more practice with me than with a thousand normal patients

We must rest our minds.'

Harris said, 'Now, we must decide what to take with us

I said, 'We must be at Shepperton at five o'clock to meet George.'

'However, I am very thirsty and I must drink something.' So he took the bottle and drank some water.

I thought the job must be very difficult.

You must not look at it

Harris stood up and said, 'Be thankful for a bit of excitement in your lives! Your lives must be so boring, just sitting and fishing all day

'An intelligent man like you must do better things

It must be the rain.'

'James, we must do something about it

There is one thing he must make her understand, though.

'The woman in white must be Anne Catherick!' she said.

A drawing teacher must spend his life in the company of beautiful women who can never be his

What I'm about to say will hurt you, but it must be done.'

'You must leave Limmeridge at once,' she said

Tell Mr Fairlie that your sister's ill, and that you must return to London

But it can't be the same man! I must be going mad! Ever since I saw the similarity between Miss Fairlie and the woman in white, I've connected them in my mind

You must now write a will saying who you wish to leave the other twenty thousand pounds to when you die.'

'Marian, you must keep it now,' she said

When we speak of your husband's secret, we must be in a safe place, where no one can hear us.

She came to my side and said, 'Sir Percival, I must leave

I thought to myself, I must hear their conversation.

We must find the money to pay those debts

'She didn't tell me she was going or say goodbye! I must go to her immediately!'

'You must wait till tomorrow,' said Sir Percival

'You must

I'll stay until Miss Halcombe is well enough to leave, but then I must go.'

Miss Halcombe said, 'Walter, we must all go to London immediately! We're probably being followed!'

'We must bring them to justice! We must give Laura back her true identity! Mr Kyrle says we can't prove that she is Lady Glyde, so we must force one of them to confess it

The copy had no record of Percival's father's marriage! I realised that the record in the original register must be a forgery, added in years afterwards

I'll send you money every month on two conditions: you must keep the secret and never tell anyone, in your own interest as well as mine; and you must never leave the village.'

'It's embarrassing, Walter, but I must tell you: he changed his mind because of me

He said, "Tell Mr Hartright to stay away from me! If I must put your pretty sister back in the asylum to stop Mr Hartright from investigating me, I shall do so

Anyone who joins the Brotherhood must stay in it for his lifetime

I must act immediately.'

My narrative must therefore begin with Marian's terrible illness.

In it, she writes that men and women must have equal education

Boys and girls, she wrote, must go to school together.

But we must remember that it almost did not happen! In 1903, the French Academy of Sciences wrote a letter to the Nobel Committee

Women must try to do things as men have tried."

I must return to my hacienda

Everyone must go near the fire and stay there!" says Zorro

I think love and marriage are boring but I must obey my father

"I think I must!" answers Don Diego.

There is something I must tell you," says Don Diego smiling

"What! You must go away

"You must not come here

"First, I must explain something," says Don Carlos

Lolita must choose her husband herself, but you have my permission to court her!"

We must find Zorro! We must look in every hacienda and in every home

I must go away for a few days.

We must accept the invitation

"Lolita, tonight your mother and I must visit our old friends," says Don Carlos

You must marry me

"I must punish Lolita, her family and Zorro for their insults!" he thinks

"I must write a letter to the Governor

I must tell him that Don Carlos Pulido and his family are traitors

"Take all the soldiers and find Zorro! We must capture him."

He must be punished," answers the magistrate.

You must talk about love

You must play the guitar and sing love songs

"You must try

"I must speak to him"

We must put them in prison and kill them! They are dangerous."

They must be punished

They must escape from prison

We must be silent, enter the prison and help them

They must hide for a few days."

We must hide in the old tavern