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Example sentences for "must give"

  • He had no need to reflect nor to weigh the pro and con; he must give up this plan; decidedly it was too dangerous.

  • He must give up morphine, and this choice forced itself upon him with so much more strength, because if morphine assured him sleep at night, it by no means gave him tranquil days--quite the contrary.

  • See what I must give up in leaving Paris.

  • My opinion coincided with that of Miss Lavender, that she alone had the right to decide in the matter, and that we must give no explanation until she had asserted, in her own way, her release from a most shameful and cruel bond.

  • The mind of the spectator and of the hearer must remain perfectly free and intact; it must issue pure and entire from the magic circle of the artist, as from the hands of the Creator.

  • Thus, that he may not only be a world, he must give form to matter, and in order not to be a mere form, he must give reality to the virtuality that he bears in him.

  • I admit that the sensuous risks nothing in this association, because it possesses nothing except what it must give up directly duty speaks and reason demands the sacrifice.

  • I wrote some weeks ago to the Secretary of the National Association of Science Teachers to say that I must give up the Presidency.

  • I must give up all or nothing--and I shall certainly come to grief if I do not have a long rest.

  • We must give it up," said her father, looking at Mrs. Goodwin.

  • While it remains with me, it must be kept safe; but when he asks for it again I must give it to him, even though it slips out of his hands as he takes it.

  • I must give no benefit which it would disgrace me to ask for.

  • They are waiting for the signal, and we must give it to them.

  • For the sake of the fatherland and the emperor you must give up your husband and your children their father; and we are not allowed to shut our ears in order not to hear that the dear Tyrol and the good Emperor Francis have called me.

  • And I must give you a kiss in the name of God, the country, and the Emperor Francis.

  • Your excellency, it is a precious ornament," said the soldier; "but I must give it to you in secret.

  • If the young man had only a thousand dollars, he might rent an estate in this vicinity; but, in order to do so, he must give a thousand dollars security, and he is not possessed of that sum.

  • I must give satisfaction to the Emperor of France for the unheard-of conduct of my general, and he shall have it!

  • I must give vent to my wrath, my vexation, and grief!

  • Come, The dawn commences, and Mars rules the hour; We must give o'er the operation.

  • I know not what my father's wishes may be in that respect, and of course if he holds that I can be of use to him I must give up my plan; but I want you at any rate to mention it to him.

  • A messenger was sent off on horseback last night the moment the road was opened to say that the Spaniards had raised the siege of Alkmaar; but I must give him a few details.

  • I know that my wishes, in this as in all other matters, must give way to those of my father.

  • Do you think that because I delight in--in pretty things and old associations, I must give up all my convictions?

  • But if you will not--if I must give my answer, then, as I said, I must have time.

  • Your pride was engaged as well as your pity, and I must give way.

  • It looks now as though he must give an account to everybody of what he has done.

  • Of course he must give up, but he means to make all the trouble possible.

  • Then if I must work, if I must give my time, interest, and money, I shall have to know how everything stands.

  • He must give up all the past, name and all, for was he not flying from the avengers?

  • Only that we must give an answer to that question of the trusteeship to the Rutherford orphans.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "must give" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    must call; must confesse; must consider; must depend; must either; must find; must first; must hasten; must have been the; must hurry; must make; must mean; must mention; must now; must observe; must read; must refer the reader; must regard; must remain; must remark; must seek; must seem; must send; must take; must then; sail booms