I'm wushing ane harm to ony o' ye, but I maun get speech o' my lord.
A man maun leave father and mither, and cleave unto his wife--the scripture says it.
And a woman maun just do the like for her man, ye ken.
I kenn'd ye wad be here," she said with her harsh and hollow voice "I ken wha ye seek; but ye maun do my bidding.
And I maun see to get you some fire and some dinner too, I'se warrant; but your dinner will be but a puir ane the day, no expecting company that would be nice and fashious.
Meg Merrilies looked after him for some time, and then muttered to herself, "I maun see that lad again--and I maun gang back to Ellangowan too.
Ye maun haud wessel by the end o' the loan, and take tent o' the jaw-hole.
And then the giving credit maun be considered in the fees.
Ye maun fix the day; an' yemaun brak the thing to Lucy, and to Jenny Mucklewham; for I hae nae pooer.
Weel, then, Mr Langridge, yemaun just tak the necessary steps to recover; for I'm determined to hae my rent.
Only I maun again say, that I had no wish or inclination whatever to see you toiling and thinning turnips beneath a burning sun, or maybe taking them up and shawing them, when the cauld drift was cutting owre the face keener than a razor.
Ye maunjust screw them up, Mr Langridge; for I canna want my siller, and I winna want it.
I maun greet, For it was sung by thee, Sung by thee!
And then like ony merry May, At fairs maun still be seen, At kirkyard preachings near the tent, At dances on the green.
I weel may sing thae days are gane-- Frae kirk and fair I come alane, While my dear lad maun face his faes, Far, far frae me and Logan braes.
The gowans maun glint on bank and brae When I rise in the mornin' early.
We maun go home now," said Walter; but I had caught sight of the wee one, and he could not persuade me to go.
If ye hae, ye maun be aboot it, for we'll mak quick wark wi' ye.
It aye lookit to me that it maun come to that yet; but some folk are lang in seeing what is for their gude.
A man maun pay his debts, I suppose, though what he has bought has dune him no gude.
Mony of them are all right, but some of them are bad enough; and it often happens that an honest man maun work for a scoundrel, and maun dance to his piping whether he pipes right or wrang.
We maun not only wish nae ill to ony ane, but if we can, we maun help up the fallen and lead to firm groun' those that stand in slippery places.
Every ane can understand that it is mair gratifying to give than to acknowledge ane's needs so far as to accept gifts; but pride maun hae a fa'.
Over her shoulder she said in a voice that wavered slightly: 'That was hard cheese, Wullie, but ye maun send her a cheerier-like caird next time.
Weel, I maun slope,' he went on, with a sigh that sounded absurd, coming from him.
I'm no ma usual the nicht, so ye maun try for to excuse me.
Whae'er desires to ken, To some other warl' Maun follow the carl, For here Johnny Pidgeon had nane.
But sair I fear some happier swain Has gained sweet Jennie's favor; If so, may every bliss be hers, Tho' I maun never have her.
Afterwards he would say to Maun Rao that it was only for the present.
There the Maharajah's army would meet them, ready, as Maun Rao said in the council, to play at ball with their outcast heads.
Moti clapped his hands together, Maun Rao caught the boy up and kissed him.
But Colonel Starr was firm, and he had the unanswerable argument of three hundred well-armed men and two nine-pounders, which Maun Rao would have to meet with Petroff Gortschakin's cartridges.
It was not the Maharajah,' added Sunni quickly; 'it was Maun Rao.
Maun Rao begged to go out and meet them to avenge the insult.
And at last one morning a report went like wildfire about the palace and the city that the missionary had killed a sacred bull, set free in honour of Krishna at the birth of a son to Maun Rao, the chief of the Maharajah's generals.
But Maun Rao struck, and the people being told that the missionary was dead, went home hoping that Krishna had nothing more against them; they had done what they could.
And after a long discussion the Maharajah agreed to Maun Rao's proposal.
The shadows were creeping east over the marble floor; a little sun flamed out on the hilt of Maun Rao's sword.
Ye may talk aboot yer pheelantropy an' yer wantin' ta help yer fella creeters, but you maun ken that you canna be doin' it unless ye fir-rst get the baubees.
When we had finished our meal Hector said: "And noo I maun go and see my frien' the miller.
My neighbour on the right, whose horse was champing its bit and tossing its head in irritation, whispered: "They maun ha'e been reprievit.
Withoot anither word I dropped down on my knees beside him and took off the cauld water bandages wi' as much gentleness as I could; and when they were off and I saw his feet, I kent hoo he maun ha'e suffered.
But come awa' back to the hoose: the milkin' will be ower and it maun be near supper-time.
I maun gang and tell the wife; her and Mary are anxious to ken the truth": and he made for the trap-door and began to go down.
Rale frien'ship maun be built on mutual confidence; withoot that, frien'ship is naething mair than a hoose o' cairds.
I maunlay masel' on and get that book o' mine begun.
A trooper maun obey his officers: he has nae richt o' private judgment, so he has nae work for his conscience to do.
Think o' the benefit that sic' a salve maun confer upon the human epiderm.
A conscience like that maun be an awfu' encumbrance.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "maun" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
